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Funds are now available for forest landowners near the Sam Houston National Forest through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. This partnership between USDA Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Texas A&M Forest Service looks

KRESS, Texas  Kress Volunteer Fire Department received a retired military vehicle at no cost through TexasA&M Forest Service as part of the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program. The excess militaryvehicle will help increase Kress VFD’s capacity to protect their community and provide a safer way to fightfires. They will be using it as […]

HUMBLE, Texas — A $100,000 grant from Texas A&M Forest Service enabled Eastex Freeway VolunteerFire Department to purchase a wildland apparatus. The brush truck is a four-door vehicle built to carryadditional manpower and is equipped with a 300-gallon water tank, 10-gallon foam tank, and 240 gallons perminute pump. “The addition of this engine will help […]

A wet winter may be in store, but the threat of wildfire still exists. The current El Niño conditions drop the threat of wildfire to below normal, however Texas A&M Forest Service urges caution this holiday season.

CROSBYTON, Texas – Apple Springs Volunteer Fire Department accepted a military vehicle from TexasA&M Forest Service’s DoD Firefighter Property Program. The vehicle is a versatile piece of equipment andwill increase their capabilities to protect life and property in their community. “This converted military truck will add another aspect to our rescue program as a high […]

SNYDER, Texas— The Snyder Volunteer Fire Department replaced a 5-ton military vehicle with a new largebrush truck, thanks to a $218,000 grant from Texas A&M Forest Service. The new apparatus will be used forwildland and structural fires and farming incidents. The new truck is equipped with a Compressed Air Foam System that has a 1,000-gallon […]

BIG SPRING, Texas — Thanks to a grant from Texas A&M Forest Service, Drumright Volunteer FireDepartment received a large brush truck as a new addition to their fleet. “This unit will make a big difference in the department’s ability to serve and protect the citizens in Drumright.VFD’s service area,” said TFS Regional Fire Coordinator Bill […]

WINNSBORO, Texas — The Ogburn Volunteer Fire Department recently received a $200,000 grant from theTexas A&M Forest Service. The funds went toward securing a new large brush truck through the Rural VFDAssistance Program. The reliability of the vehicle is what makes this truck so valuable to the department. It can carry four firefightersand a driver/operator […]

The Wake Village Volunteer Fire Department recently received a $100,000 grantfrom Texas A&M Forest Service to purchase a small brush truck. The new truck will replace an older vehiclethat had clocked over 200,000 miles. “This is the first new brush truck for our department,” said Fire Chief James Guyton. “Our older truck was arepair nightmare […]

Texas A&M Forest Service Associate Director William E. Oates has been recognized as a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow Service Award recipient for 2014–2015. The Regents Fellow Service Awards program was established in 1998 and the Regents Professor Aw