Three cooperatives donate to Mullen Fire firefighters

Carbon Power & Light, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the Wyoming Rural Electric Association teamed up to donate to six fire departments that helped fight the Mullen Fire.

Encampment Fire Chief Cory Nuhn receives a donation from Carbon Power & Light General Manager... — Encampment Fire Chief Cory Nuhn receives a donation from Carbon Power & Light General Manager Russell Waldner, center, and Wyoming Rural Electric Association Executive Director Shawn Taylor at the Carbon Power & Light office in Saratoga, Wyoming on Dec. 18.(Kelly Etzel Douglas, Wyoming Rural Electric News)

Published: Dec. 23, 2020 at 5:42 PM CST

CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Carbon Power & Light, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the Wyoming Rural Electric Association donated $30,000 to six fire departments that helped fight the Mullen fire. Each fire department will receive $5,000.

Tri-State spokesperson Mark Stutz referenced the cooperative principle of “concern for the community” as a reason for the donation. “The opportunity to give back to the community through this donation to the six fire departments certainly is something that has long been a cooperative principle and one that we were happy to continue in this particular case.”

The donations will be used for equipment maintenance PPE.