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SKELLYTOWN, Texas –– Skellytown Volunteer Fire Department now has a new slip-on unitthanks to an $18,000 grant administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “It is very rough country around here,” Fire Chief Vance Griffith said. “We are a very smalldepartment with very little funds, and the unit we had was getting old.” The VFD serves […]

GRAHAM, Texas –– Possum Kingdom Westside Volunteer Fire Department now has a convertedmilitary truck to use for on- and off-road firefighting, allowing them to retire an old 1983 modelengine. The VFD received the military truck through the DoD Firefighter Property Program, managednationally by the USDA Forest Service and administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “Our […]

DE KALB, Texas –– With the help of Texas A&M Forest Service and a few local businesses, De Kalb Volunteer Fire Department now has a service-ready converted military truck to put into use. The VFD received the truck through the DoD Firefighter Property Program, a program managed nationally by USDAForest Service and implemented locally by […]

GLEN ROSE, Texas –– A newly converted military truck will now serve the Somervell CountyVolunteer Fire Department, thanks to the DoD Firefighter Property Program “We were under-equipped for a fire district of our size,” Fire Chief Mark Crawford said. “We neededthis kind of vehicle to serve and protect our area.” The DoD Firefighter Property Program, […]

GROESBECK, Texas –– Groesbeck Volunteer Fire Department will now operate with a 5-tonconverted military truck awarded to them by Texas A&M Forest Service through the DoDFirefighter Property Program. “We only had one grass truck, and when that one was down, we could not respond,” retired FireChief Charles Bratcher said. “We have a lot of territory […]

Thanks in part to a $100,000 grant awarded by Texas A&M Forest Service,Dickinson Volunteer Fire Department now has a new brush truck to upgrade its capabilities. The VFD serves Dickinson corporate limits as well as the surrounding unincorporated area,equating to about 29,000 people and 12-15 square miles of territory. “We got a brush truck back […]

FLOMOT, Texas –– Flomot Volunteer Fire Department serves a 250 square mile community of just over100 people consisting mostly of farmers and ranchers. Because of the unique nature of this spaciouscommunity, acquiring additional fire equipment was necessary. FVFD received an excess military truck through the DoD Firefighter Property Program managed by theU.S. Forest Service and […]

HOLLIDAY, Texas –– Lake Kickapoo Volunteer Fire Department now has a fully equipped convertedmilitary truck to call its own, thanks to the DoD Firefighter Property Program. The program, managed by the U.S. Forest Service and administered by Texas A&M Forest Service,assigns excess trucks to VFDs in need across the state of Texas. “We are a […]

A $13,882 grant from Texas A&M Forest Service helped Central MontgomeryCo. VFD get a much needed piece of equipment. The grant went toward purchasing a new thermal imaging camera, which will expedite thesearch and rescue process and increase the safety of the volunteers fighting the fires. “The firefighter’s safety is our greatest concern,” Fire Chief […]

The Ozona Volunteer Fire Department purchased a new thermal imaging camera thanks to a$15,000 grant awarded by Texas A&M Forest Service through the Rural VFD Assistance Program.The camera will assist volunteers on the scene of a fire during search and rescue. “The camera we had before was old and outdated,” Fire Chief Brian Morrow stated. […]