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CRANDALL, Texas — Crandall Volunteer Fire Department purchased a 2017 Ford F550 truck chassis with a grantfrom the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. “This new custom-built chassis allowed the department to have an updated brush truck that has already been out on several grass fire calls,” said Crandall Volunteer Fire […]

JOHNSON CITY, Texas — Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department used a cost-share grant from the Texas A&MForest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Program to help purchase a slip-on unit that will increase thedepartment’s capacity to save lives and property. A slip-on unit is a complete self-contained firefighting system designed for a pick-up truck or custom-built […]

BRECKENRIDGE, Texas — Hubbard Creek Volunteer Fire Department received a $20,000 grant from the TexasA&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The department used the funds to add a slip-on unit with a 500-gallon water tank and foam capability to a convertedexcess military vehicle, giving the truck new life as a firefighting machine. […]

Terrell Volunteer Fire Department used a cost share grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to help purchase a 2017 Freightliner water pumper/tender that will help to increase the department’s capacity to save lives and property in their community and surrounding area. The tender will be housed at the […]

Thanks to a grant from Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, Breckenridge Fire Department was able to equip a new water tender to better serve the rural home owners in their community. “Our department covers a large rural area where about 9,500 residents live,” said Breckenridge Fire Department Chief Calvin Chaney. […]

La Feria Volunteer Fire Department received a grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The cost share funds helpedto purchase three, new rescue tools, one of which is a combination tool that has already been used to help save a home. “We recently received a light weight, battery powered […]

Faught Volunteer Fire Department received a $200,000 cost share grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The funds were used to purchase a 2017 Kenworth water tender. “This is a new addition to our fleet and fills the need for a mobile water supply necessary to protect our rural […]

June 28, 2017 — McADOO, Texas — McAdoo Volunteer Fire Department purchased a 2017, F550 smallbrush truck with funding received from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentAssistance Program. The $100,000 cost share grant made it possible for the department to replace two older,less reliable trucks with an up-to-date wildland vehicle. “The majority […]

June 28, 2017 — EARLY, Texas — Early Community Firefighters received two cost-share grants through theTexas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The department used thefunds to purchase a much-needed slip-on unit and rescue equipment. A slip-on unit is a complete self-contained firefighting system designed for a pick-up truck or custom-builtvehicle platform […]

June 28, 2017 — SHELBYVILLE, Texas — Huxley Volunteer Fire Department received a $20,000 costshare grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program and a military truck that wasobtained through the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program (DoD FFP). Both of the programsare administered through the Texas A&M Forest Service. The DoD FFP program […]