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HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas – Hughes Springs Volunteer Fire Department replaced a 1985 tanker with anexcess military Stewart Stevenson. Upon accepting the truck, the department had to meet certain obligationswithin 180 days. These obligations included painting it a nonmilitary color and converting it into an emergencyresponse vehicle able to perform an emergency response function. The truck […]

PAYNE SPRINGS, Texas –- Increasing firefighting capacity can sometimes be a matter of having the rightequipment. Payne Springs Volunteer Fire Department added a new brush truck to their fleet to help with firesuppression in their growing wildland interface thanks to a grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentAssistance Program. “We replaced a 2009 brush truck […]

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –- Loco Valley Volunteer Fire Department acquired a new 2020 brush truck thanks to a$100,000 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. “Our new F550 brush truck has four-wheel-drive, a 300-gallon water tank, foam capability, and front bumper sprayersmaking it useful when responding to wildland and structure fires,” said […]

Lockdowns from the pandemic have led to some unexpected economic consequences, one of which has been a surge in lumber prices.

Texas A&M Forest Service’s John Hawkins received the 2020 Forest Stewardship Program Field Forester Award from the USDA Forest Service in Birmingham, Alabama June 8, 2021.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents appoint Davis after retirement of Tom Boggus as the State Forester of Texas and Director of Texas A&M Forest Service, having served in this role from February 2010 – May 2021.

Data in the Southern Timber Supply Analysis application has been updated to reflect the latest data available from Forest Inventory and Analysis. The new data was downloaded from the FIA DataMart on 6 May 2021. Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia added another year of data since the last update. Data for states within 100 miles of the […]

Bowman Community Volunteer Fire Department received a $220,000 cost share grant to help purchase a 2021 Kenworth water tender with updates that will revolutionize and strengthen their firefighting fleet. “This tender is replacing two apparatus in the department’s fleet, a 1995 tender that also had a 3,000-gallon water tank but no drop tank and an […]

GARRISON, Texas — Garrison Volunteer Fire Department shares hope and support for the community byliterally showing their colors when converting an excess 6×6 military truck. The truck was received through theDepartment of Defense Firefighter Property Program and the slip-on unit is through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, both administered by Texas A&M Forest […]

Apple Springs Volunteer Fire Department received a $9,700 grant through theRural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to help purchase a multi force training door. “We are pleased to have received a training aid grant to help purchase a piece of equipment that is a first forTrinity County,” said Apple Springs VFD President Gary Mathison. “It […]