Rural, volunteer fire departments receive grants administered by DNR Forestry

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DNR News            

Division of Forestry

 


 

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

402 W. Washington St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204-2748

 

For immediate release: July 24, 2019

 

Rural, volunteer fire departments receive grants administered by DNR Forestry

 

 

Rural and volunteer fire departments from 46 counties have been awarded more than $297,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants.

The grants, announced by DNR director Cameron Clark, are administered by the DNR Division of Forestry and made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

DNR Forestry staff reviewed grant applications and selected recipients on the basis of population density, acres of public wildlands protected, and wildland fire reporting to DNR Fire Control Headquarters.

Grants may be used for training, installation of dry hydrants, or to purchase necessary firefighting equipment and gear to combat wildland fires. As in past years, the Wildland Fire category was highlighted.  The awarded grants range from $1,500 to $5,000 and were given to 71 departments.

Fire departments interested in applying for VFA grants should contact Mark Huter, Assistant State Fire Coordinator, Fire Control Headquarters, 6220 Forest Road, Martinsville, IN 46151, or call 765-792-4654. 

Fire departments receiving grants in 2019, the amount of the grant, county and the project category are:

 

Madison Township - Hoagland VFD

Allen

$4,896.00

Safety

 

Southwest Bartholomew VFD Inc.

Bartholomew

$3,910.00

Safety

 

Charlestown VFD

Clark

$5,000.00

Water Handling

 

Monroe Township

Clark

$5,000.00

Foam

 

Van Buren Township Vol. Fireman Assn

Clay

$4,758.00

Radios

 

Madison Township Volunteer Firemen

Clinton

$2,345.00

Radios

 

Rossville VFD Inc.

Clinton

$4,800.00

Safety

 

Elnora Elmore Township VFD

Davies

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Letts Community Volunteer Fire

Decatur

$2,588.00

Water Handling

 

Celestine VFD

Dubois

$4,975.00

Water Handling

 

Dubois VFD

Dubois

$4,413.00

Safety

 

Madison Township VFD

Dubois

$2,813.00

Water Handling

 

St. Anthony VFD

Dubois

$4,329.00

Radios

 

Hillsboro VFD

Fountain

$2,100.00

Safety

 

Eagle Fire Company Of Oldenburg

Franklin

$1,900.00

Water Handling

 

Beech Creek Township Eastern FD

Green

$4,300.00

Safety

 

Center-Jackson Fire Territory

Green

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Boone Township VFD

Harrison

$5,000.00

Radios

 

Lizton / Union Twp VFD

Hendricks

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Stilesville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc.

Hendricks

$2,370.00

Safety

 

Greentown Volunteer Fire Co., Inc.

Howard

$4,810.00

Safety

 

Mt. Etna VFD

Huntington

$4,775.00

Safety

 

Warren VFD

Huntington

$1,777.00

Wildland

 

Keener Township VFD

Jasper

$5,000.00

Radios

 

Bryant VFD

Jay

$5,000.00

Water Handling

 

Campbell Township VFD

Jennings

$4,935.00

Radios

 

Spencer Township VFD

Jennings

$5,000.00

Radios

 

Vincennes Township Fire District

Knox

$4,800.00

Safety

 

LaGrange VFD

LaGrange

$5,000.00

Radios

 

LaCrosse VFD

LaPorte

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Noble Township VFD

LaPorte

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Marion Township Rural FD Inc.

Lawrence

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Marshall Township

Lawrence

$2,500.00

Safety

 

Mitchell VFD

Lawrence

$5,000.00

Wildland

 

Lapel Stony Creek Twp. Fire Territory

Madison

$2,547.00

Safety

 

Decatur Township FD

Marion

$5,000.00

Wildland

 

Ellettsville Fire Dept.

Monroe

$2,760.00

Safety

 

Northern Monroe Fire Territory

Monroe

$5,000.00

Wildland

 

Van Buren Township VFD

Monroe

$2,426.00

Foam

 

A&A Township VFD Inc.

Morgan

$2,809.00

Wildland

 

Brooklyn VFD, Inc

Morgan

$4,974.00

Water Handling

 

Albion VFD

Noble

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Adams Township Fire Dept.

Parke

$5,000.00

Radios

 

Bridgeton VFD

Parke

$5,000.00

Safety

 

J.U.G.A. VFD

Parke

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Central Perry VFD

Perry

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Rome VFD, Inc

Perry

$2,442.00

Safety

 

Jefferson Township Pike Co. Ind. VFD

Pike

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Petersburg VFD

Pike

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Kouts VFD

Porter

$5,000.00

Water Handling

 

Morgan Township VFD

Porter

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Porter Fire Dept.

Porter

$4,999.00

Safety

 

Monterey & Tippacanoe VFD

Pulaski

$4,999.00

Radios

 

Farmland VFD

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Lynn Fire Department

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

 

White River Township Fire Dept.

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Scottsburg Fire Dept.

Scott

$4,071.00

Radios

 

Fountaintown Community VFD

Shelby

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Chrisney VFD

Spencer

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Liberty Township VFD

St. Joseph

$5,000.00

Safety

 

Walkerton Fire Dept.

St. Joseph

$4,683.00

Safety

 

Angola Fire Dept.

Stueben

$1,500.00

Wildland

 

Fremont Fire Dept.

Stueben

$2,498.00

Wildland

 

Hymera Jackson Township Fire Dept.

Sullivan

$2,438.00

Radios

 

Jeff-Craig Fire & Rescue Inc.

Switzerland

$5,000.00

Wildland

 

Kempton Fire & Rescue

Tipton

$3,750.00

Water Handling

 

McCutchanville Fire Dept.

Vanderburg

$2,291.00

Water Handling

 

Black Diamond

Vermillion

$2,780.00

Radios

 

Roann VFD Inc.

Wabash

$4,200.00

Water Handling

 

Chandler VFD

Warrick

$2,500.00

Radios

 

Gibson Township-Little York VF Co., Inc

Washington

$5,000.00

Radios

 
         

 

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Media contact: Tara Wolf, director, DNR Division of Communications, 317-232-4003, tmwolf@dnr.IN.gov.