When a Fishers police officer or firefighter is injured while performing her/his duties and must miss work, that city employee is eligible for workers compensation, but that is less than the public safety officer would earn while on duty. A local group is working to fill that gap by raising money to allow these workers to supplement their workers compensation payments with added benefits. That group is called the Fifty Club.
It’s patterned after a similar organization that has been helping Noblesville for a number of years. The Fifty Club also provides supplemental benefits to a public safety officer’s family when that worker suffers an untimely death. Fortunately, that has never happened in Fishers Police history and there has been one instance of a death with Fishers Fire many years ago.
The Fifty Club is raising money to finance insurance policies for these added benefits. As part of the fund raising effort, a special event was held Monday evening at Top Golf.
Charter memberships in the Fifty Club of Fishers cost $1,000 initially and $250 per year after that. Regular memberships are an initial $250 and $250 per year. But the Fifty Club will take any donations from the public to help in their support of local public safety personnel. You can donate online at the group’s website, available at this link.
Learn more about the Fifty Club by listening to a recent podcast at this link.