PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an eight-city MCC tour, local Farmers AgencyPoint representatives from the Philadelphia Farmers AgencyPoint offices will provide lunch to firefighters in training today at the Philadelphia Fire Training Academy, 5200 Pennypack Rd., Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Fire Deputy Commissioner Henry Costo and 100 Firefighters at Training Facility. |
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Christopher Frusco, Farmers Philadelphia AgencyPoint Director. |
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Jaynine Warner, Farmers Government & Industry Affairs - Delaware & Pennsylvania. |
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Farmers agents and employees. |
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WHAT: |
Farmers MCC is equipped with satellite communications to offer free laptop and cell phone service, food, supplies and help with insurance claims to victims of disasters. Firefighters will tour the MCC during the morning before lunch. Media Invited. |
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WHEN: |
Saturday, September 29th, 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. |
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11:30 a.m. Firefighters Appreciation Luncheon |
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WHERE: |
5200 Pennypack Rd |
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Philadelphia, PA |
"The MCC is one of three buses that are deployed to disaster sites throughout the United States to help customers and non-customers alike," explains Farmers Philadelphia AgencyPoint Director Christopher Frusco. "The bus also has generator power that can run a small hospital, evacuation center, or communications equipment of emergency services agencies should their power go down."
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is a leading U.S. insurer of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc. or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Insurance Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its Web site at www.farmers.com or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
Contact: Jerry Davies
213-400-0376
jerry.davies@farmers.com
SOURCE Farmers Insurance
