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Oklahoma Forestry Services Award $200,00 in Rural Fire Department Grants
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:35:12 CDT
Oklahoma Forestry Services announces this year's recipients of the Rural Fire Defense 80/20 Reimbursement Grants. The grants, which provide funding for equipment purchases and fire station construction, are available through an application process to rural fire departments which serve communities with populations of less than 10,000.
A total of $200,000 was available for the program this year and departments were eligible to receive up to $30,000 for fire department construction and up to $20,000 for fire equipment purchases. The grants provide reimbursement of up to 80% of the total amount of projects, with fire departments receiving reimbursement after the purchase or constructions costs have been paid. Of the one hundred eight volunteer fire departments that applied for the grants, eighteen departments were selected to receive them.
"The number of departments applying for grants is indicative of the great need for equipment and station construction by our rural fire departments," said George Geissler, director, Oklahoma Forestry Services. "These departments are the first line of defense for their communities and we only wish we had more funding to offer them."
The grants are authorized by Governor Mary Fallin, funded by the Oklahoma Legislature and administered by the Oklahoma Forestry Services, a division of Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry. Oklahoma's Rural Fire Coordinators grade the applications and select the recipients.
Rural fire departments which have been awarded grants this year include: Carselowey Community Volunteer Fire Department; Preston Volunteer Fire Department; Hanna Rural Fire Association; Crowder Volunteer Fire Department; Norris Volunteer Fire Department; Courtney Voluntary Fire Department Association; Jennings Rural Firefighters Association; Tecumseh Volunteer Firefighters Association; Rock Fire Department; City of Hominy Fire Department; Liberty Area Fire Protection Association; Ringwood Firefighters Association; Sooner Volunteer Fire Department; Temple Volunteer Fire Department; Wichita Mountains Estates Fire Department; Town of Corn Fire Department; Town of Fort Supply Fire Department and Hooker Firefighters Association.
Source - Oklahoma Forestry Services
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