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Texas A&M Forest Service continues its commitment to TexasVolunteer Fire Departments. The Timber Lakes VFD recently received a rescue equipment grant through theRural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to help increase the department’s potential to save lives. The grant was used to purchase new rescue and extrication equipment such as a spreader, cutter, pump, ram,ram […]

April 29, 2016 — COLD SPRING, Texas — A $20,000 grant was recently awarded to Cape Area VolunteerFire Department to purchase a new slip-on unit. A slip-on unit is a self-contained firefighting rig designed to slide into or onto the flatbed of a truck. It includeshose, water tank, pump, and an engine to drive the […]

April 25, 2016 — BARTLETT, Texas — Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department received a 1990 BMY militarytransport truck through the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program, a skid unit thanks to a $20,000a grant from Texas A&M Forest Service’s Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program and a bumperturret which was donated by Mason Turkey Farms. “We […]

April 25, 2016 — FLORENCE, Texas — Thanks to a $118,000 grant from Texas A&M Forest Service, Florence Volunteer Fire Department improved their capacity to serve the community by purchasing a new 2015 Ford F-550 small brush truck equipped with a slip-on unit and a compressed air foam system. The compressed air foam system delivers […]

April 25, 2016 — WELLS, Texas — Wells Volunteer Fire Department purchased a new smallbrush truck with a Compressed Air Foam System thanks to a grant from Texas A&M ForestService. Wells VFD has an 88 square mile service area and 90 percent of their calls are for woodland orgrass fires. This new 2016 Ford F-150 […]

Texas A&M Forest Service partners with the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Texas Wildlife Association, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board to highlight the importance of voluntary

April 18, 2016 — POLLOCK, Texas — Central Volunteer Fire Department received a 1993 StewartStephenson excess military vehicle to convert into a firefighting apparatus through the Department of DefenseFirefighter Property Program, which is administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. Recipients of this program are required to convert the vehicle into a service-ready unit within 180 […]

April 18, 2016 — PALESTINE, Texas — Battle worn and coated with desert sand, the newest member of thePalestine Southside Volunteer Fire Department was greeted with cheers when it rolled into the department lastJune. The 1994 Stewart and Stevenson M1078 two-and-a-half ton military cargo truck was awarded to the PalestineSouthside VFD through the Department of […]

Some of the nation’s brightest and most accomplished leaders in wildland firefighting met this week at Texas A&M Forest Service headquarters to discuss the future of leadership development in the field. Attendees were all members of the National Wildfire Coordinating

April 14, 2016 – HIDALGO, Texas – A new coat of paint and some feature conversions by the Hidalgo Fire Department have repurposed a 5-ton military truck into a new fire response vehicle. The Hidalgo FD received the military cargo truck through the Department of Defense Firefighter PropertyProgram, which sends retired military vehicles into the […]