COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Thanks to a historic investment by the 89th Texas Legislature, Texas A&M Forest Service recently approved $164 million in funding to award 558 fire trucks and 321 slip-on units to Texas volunteer fire departments through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program including many in the Brown and surrounding counties.

The

Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program

was established by Texas House Bill 2604 in 2001 to provide grants to rural volunteer fire departments for essential firefighting equipment and training. Since its onset, the program has awarded over $500 million in grants to Texas fire departments, including today’s funding meeting.

Today’s meeting marked the largest allocation of awards and the first phase in distributing over $192

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