DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Macon County fire departments are getting a funding boost.

The City of Decatur said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that departments are getting $150,000 each from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

Smaller fire districts and agencies that assist in Macon County will also be included.

The Foundation is gifting over $2 million in total to fire protection and prevention efforts.

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