COUPLAND, Texas — With the most recent addition to Coupland Volunteer Fire Department’s
emergency equipment, a new slip-on unit purchased with help from a grant administered by the
Texas A&M Forest Service, the department will have several new capabilities.
CVFD received a grant in the amount of $26,775 from TFS to help pay for the new slip-on unit.
“We were in need of a better skid unit than what we had, and we did not have access to a CAF unit
within our department,” CVFD Fire Chief Tracy Gardner said. “Just having the compressed air foam
already this year has been amazing.”
TFS passes approximately $12.8 million along to volunteer fire departments across the state every
year, helping them purchase equipment to better protect lives and property.
Regional Fire Coordinator Mark Wobus said CVFD is a department that takes great pride in
themselves and their work, and that the new equipment will go to good use.
“This unit will be replacing an older unit on a cab chassis that they are keeping,” Wobus said. “It will
increase their capabilities by going from just a water unit to having a unit that produces foam. It will
increase their firefighting abilities tremendously by helping them knock out fires faster and keep
them out.” firefighting.