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Walker Furniture Continues Mattress Program for Local Fire Stations
September 21,
2021 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
Retailer Walker Furniture is continuing with its “Project Firehouse: Rested & Ready” program to provide all 30 Clark County Firehouses with new mattresses. The company has marked its 20th delivery with ten more to go.
“For Walker, our ‘Rested & Ready’ firehouse project is our way of helping our first responders,” said Linda Alterwitz-Mizrahi, Walker Furniture co-owner. “Providing mattresses for our hardworking firefighters, who are constantly on call, is our way of showing appreciation.”
Mattresses for our firefighters are of the utmost importance. The ones being replaced are very old and the firefighters are always excited when the new ones arrive. They have the old ones stacked and ready to go when the Walker Furniture truck arrives. With overwhelming appreciation, they grab the new mattresses and set them up.
“Rest is so important for our first responders, health and wellbeing,” said Deputy Fire Chief Warren Whitney. “Their job is not nine-to-five. Firefighters need to be ready to respond. Imagine every night at any given minute when you’re sleeping, you need to abruptly wake up, run your fastest and perform your best.”
Prior to the pandemic, deliveries were expected to take about two-and-a-half years to complete. With no more setbacks, Walker Furniture should finish delivers the middle of 2022.