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ADRIAN, Texas — Adrian Volunteer Fire Department received a new large brush truck thanks to a$199,800 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program,administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “Our response area encompasses over 980 square miles of ranch and farmland and 50 miles ofinterstate,” said Adrian Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Chase […]

Montalba Volunteer Fire Department received a $12,800 cost share grantthrough the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M ForestService. “Our department received battery powered rescue tools needed to preform extrication from a vehicleentrapment or rescue during a structure fire,” said Fire Chief Tracy Pinkerton. “Montalba is betweenAthens and Palestine with Highway 19. […]

A suspected timber thief plead guilty this week to a Second Degree Felony of Unauthorized Harvesting of Timber valued between $100,000 and $200,000. Thomas Curtis Fields, 49, of Frankston, Texas, harvested timber on private property near Jacksonville, Texas in Cherokee County without the landowner’s knowledge or permission.

AZLE, Texas — Silver Creek Volunteer Fire Department accepts a $100,000 cost-share grant to helppurchase a 2019 small brush truck. The grant was awarded through the Rural Volunteer FireDepartment Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “Silver Creek VFDs new brush truck carries 25 percent more water and is more reliable than the smallbrush […]

Wood, seemingly the humblest of building materials, has made a comeback. Stronger, safer and more beautiful than ever before, cross-laminated timber (CLT) eliminates concerns that formerly marked wood as a lesser building material.

POOLVILLE, Texas — Poolville Volunteer Fire Department adds a 2019 Freightliner large brushtruck to their fleet thanks to a cost-share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department AssistanceProgram administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “This new truck is replacing an older one that was starting to have some mechanical issues,” saidAssistant Fire Chief David Pruitt. […]

Thanks to a $200,000 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, Brock-Dennis Volunteer Fire Department enhanced their fleet with a custom built tender. The grant program is administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “This new tender/pumper has a 1,000-gallon water tank that will increase our water capacity,” said Fire Chief Travis […]

GROESBECK, Texas — Groesbeck Volunteer Fire Department replaced an older truck with a new2019 large brush truck thanks to a cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentAssistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “The primary use for this apparatus will be wildland firefighting, but it can also be used for a quickattack […]

Shamrock Shores Volunteer Fire Department purchased a 2019 tender/pumper thanks to a cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. Regional Fire Coordinator Ricky Holbrook, and local Texas A&M Forest Service staff presented a big check in recognition of the Department accepting the grant award and […]

Woodville Volunteer Fire Department received a $16,000 cost share grant through theRural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. Thedepartment purchased a variety of firefighting and rescue tools to enhance their capacity. Having the right tools is half the job. “We appreciate the grant that we received for tools that will […]