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OLNEY, Texas –– Olney Volunteer Fire Department will add a retired military vehicle to their fleet aspart of the DoD Firefighting Property Program. “The truck is replacing an older unit,” Fire Chief Ron Keeter said. “We didn’t have one that couldaccommodate brush.” With most of their vehicles being for streets, the military truck stands out […]

SUNSET, Texas –– Sunset Volunteer Fire Department recently received a retired military truckfrom Texas A&M Forest Service as part of the DoD Firefighter Property Program, “The truck will be substituting for another vehicle that is not as capable of getting to certainareas as the new one,” Fire Chief Biff Huddelston said. Weighing in at 5 […]

BELLEVUE, Texas –– Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department received a retired military vehicle to add totheir fleet through the DoD Firefighter Property Program managed by the USDA Forest Service andadministered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “Residing on the edge of timber and rolling plains, there is quite a bit of grass that can fuel wildfires andrough […]

Windthorst Volunteer Fire Department recieved an $11,000 grant forrescue tools through Texas A&M Forest Service’s Rural VFD Assistance Program. “Our department has been in need of a thermal imaging camera and stabilizing jacks forrescue,” Fire Chief Marvin Geis said. The new equipment will advance their ability to fight fires and service automobile accidents. “The camera […]

DEMI-JOHN, Texas ––Demi-John Volunteer Fire Department was recently awarded a $15,000 grant for aslip-on unit through Texas A&M Forest Service’s Rural VFD Assistance Program. The VFD services around 300 homes, the Brazoria National Wildfire Refuge, and an industrial oil fillingarea. “The slip-on unit that Demi-John received will increase their firefighting potential to protect theircommunity and […]

CROWELL, Texas ––Crowell Volunteer Fire Department was awarded an $18,000 grant for a slip-onunit through TFS’s Rural VFD Assistance Program. “The slip-on unit provides us the ability to better suppress fires,” Fire Chief Perry Shaw said.After receiving the unit, the department bought a new truck to accommodate it. “Serving a rural area, the unit combined […]

HENRIETTA, Texas –– Joy Volunteer Fire Department received a retired military vehicle to add to their fleet through Texas A&M Forest Service as part of the DoD Firefighter Property Program, a program managed nationwide by the U.S. Forest Service. “We service 240 square miles of heavy brush land and close to 500 people,” Fire Chief […]

BEN BOLT, Texas –– Texas A&M Forest Service awarded Ben Bolt Volunteer Fire Department a $200,000 grantto help purchase a new brush truck to add to their fleet. Ben Bolt Fire Chief Patrick Thomas said the new brush truck will fill a void they were experiencing within theirfleet. “This large brush truck will increase our […]

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PLEAK, Texas –– Texas A&M Forest Service awarded a $200,000 grant to Pleak VFF Association for atanker through the Rural VFD Assistance Program. “The new tanker will replace a vehicle that had been out of service for about a year and a half because itwas no longer operational or road worthy,” Day Crew Firefighter Jordan […]