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THORNTON, Texas — West Lake Limestone Volunteer Fire Department accepted a $20,000 grant from theRural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The grant was used to purchase a slip-on unit that wasinstalled onto a 5-ton excess military truck received through the Department of Defense Firefighter PropertyProgram (DoD FFP), both programs administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. […]

Over 315 students from 13 states are expected to attend the 20th annual Capital Area Interagency Wildfire and Incident Management Academy that will be held from Oct. 13-25 at the Camp Swift National Guard Facility located north of Bastrop.

This map highlights a tour of famous trees in the Fort Worth, Texas area. Famous trees are trees that have witnessed exciting events in Texas’ frontier history. It’s been said that every tree tells a story. And if Texas’ trees could speak, what stories they would tell — stories of love, honor, mystery, justice and […]

Texas A&M Forest Service recently mobilized Urban Forest Strike Teams to the coastal Texas towns of Rockport, Fulton, Refugio and Victoria to assess damage to the trees on public property resulting from Hurricane Harvey. Impacted communities deal with many post-storm issues, one of which includes destruction to public trees

Port Aransas Fire Department is set to receive a fire truck on loan from Texas A&M Forest Service on Friday, Sept. 29 to temporarily replace one damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

Officials from key fire service organizations of Texas are asking for monetary donations and equipment to help local Texas fire departments impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Officials from key fire service organizations of Texas are asking for equipment and monetary donations to help local Texas fire departments impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Happy Volunteer Fire Department purchased a 2017 Freightline tanker thanks to a cost share grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. “The department appreciates having a newer, updated tanker that will increase the department’s capacity when responding in the rural community,” said Happy VFD Fire Chief Jerry Sims. “The […]

A grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program made it possible for Valley Mills Volunteer Fire Department to replace an older truck with a 2013 tender with many updated features. “Our main challenge that we face when responding to a call during the day is man-power,” said Valley Mills […]

We created this map to get an initial idea of how much damage to forests Harvey caused. The U.S. Forest Service provided preliminary zones of wind-caused damage. Texas A&M Forest Service foresters on Harvey response provided feedback on the zones and the accuracy of their descriptions, leading to some minor adjustments. Roughly 45% of forestland […]