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Significant wildfire activity has increased statewide, and accelerated drying has elevated the potential for new wildfire ignitions. New wildfires will become increasingly difficult to extinguish if current temperatures and drying conditions persist into August as forecasted.

Novice Volunteer Fire Department is the recipient of an excess military truck through the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program. The department also accepted a $20,000 grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to purchase a slip-on unit and installed it onto the 5-ton military truck; both programs are administered by Texas A&M […]

Texas A&M Forest Service is now accepting grant applications for the State Fire Assistance for Mitigation – Plains Prescribed Fire Grant through August 15. The grant will provide $81,000 in total funding for prescribed burns.

As Texans make plans to celebrate the Fourth of July, Texas A&M Forest Service encourages everyone to be careful with any activity that may cause a spark. Approximately 90 percent of wildfires are caused by humans and their activities, and Independence

We updated the Timber Supply Analysis application to include forest inventory data for states within 100 miles of the Southern Region, allowing users to accurately conduct supply analyses that extend outside of the Southern Region. The area of interest (supply point) must still originate inside the Southern Region for the analysis to be conducted. Additionally, […]

Last week, on June 13, Texas A&M Forest Service responded to assist on the McDaniel Fire in Coke County, northwest of San Angelo. Extreme fire behavior–including multiple days with short crown runs and short-range spotting–coupled with topography challenges, wildland urban-interface and the remote location made the fire a challenge to contain and control.

Drought conditions in the western Plains and early drying across the state have led to an increase in wildfire activity and an early start to the summer wildfire season.

VAN ALSTYNE, Texas – Van Alstyne Volunteer Fire Department accepted a $197,000 cost share grant fromthe Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. Thegrant was used to help purchase a 2019 brush truck. “Our department is very pleased to have this up-to-date brush truck to help us better serve our […]

CHEROKEE, Texas – Thanks to a $200,000 grant and community support Cherokee Volunteer FireDepartment purchased a new 2019 brush truck. The cost share grant was through the Rural Volunteer FireDepartment Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “With summer fire season fast approaching, we appreciate having a new addition to our fleet to help […]

BISHOP, Texas – Nueces County ESD #3 converted an excess military truck thanks to the Department of DefenseFirefighter Property Program and a grant for a slip-on unit through the Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentAssistance Program, both administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “Our department did all of the work to complete the conversion of this truck,” […]