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KILLEEN, Texas  Southwest Bell County Volunteer Fire Department received a $20,000 cost-sharegrant to purchase a slip-on unit that will help update the department’s five-ton military truckconversion. The grant was through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Programadministered by Texas A&M Forest Service. The slip-on unit was built to the department’s specifications, improving water availability. […]

BRENHAM, Texas – Berlin, Mill-Creek, Zionsville Volunteer Fire Department converted a Stewart and Stevenson’s excess military vehicle into a firefighting machine thanks to a $20,000 grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “This dual-purpose apparatus will not only increase our on-the-scene water capacity but because of its […]

LAKEVIEW, Texas – Excess military vehicles fill the role of firefighting apparatus for many Texas emergencyservice providers. Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department received one of these trucks and converted the excessStewart Stevenson into a firefighting machine. The conversion included the addition of a slip-on unit. “Lakeview VFD received an excess military truck through the Department of […]

HUBBARD, Texas — Hubbard Volunteer Fire Department completed a fleet upgrade with theaddition of a new brush truck, thanks to a $179,400 cost-share grant through the Rural Volunteer FireDepartment Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “We are pleased to replace an older 1990 truck with one that will be low maintenance and allow […]

Moody Volunteer Fire Department accepted a $200,000 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. The grant was used to help purchase a 2019 brush truck. “With a growing wildland interface, it was important to our community for us to have a truck that can be […]

Butler Volunteer Fire Department received a grant for a small truck chassisthrough the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M ForestService. The department built out the chassis as a light rescue truck that can also serve as a smallbrush truck with a 250-gallon water tank and a 20-gallon foam tank. “This new […]

Texas A&M AgriLife presented Jordan Herrin, Texas A&M Forest Service District Forester, with the 2019 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Public Service. Throughout his nine years of service to Texas A&M Forest Service, Herrin has masterfully navigated challenges and responsibilities beyond his job description, establishing himself as a leader in the agency.

WACO, Texas — A new coat of paint and a slip-on unit give Downsville Volunteer FireDepartment’s 2.5-ton excess military truck new life. The 1997 Stewart Stevenson will help to fill in thegap as a small brush truck, essential for wildland firefighting. This truck is one of 700 that have been transferred at no cost to […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas  Ata Bexar County Line Volunteer Fire Department converted a 1994 StewardStevenson’s 2.5-ton excess military vehicle into a firefighting machine thanks to an $18,300 grant through theHB2604 Rural Volunteer Fire Department Program. This Stewart Stevenson is one of over 700 excess military trucks that have been transferred at no cost tovolunteer fire […]