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Northeastern Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemenâs Federation will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, as guests of the Crystal Fire Company, 201 Bacon St., Jermyn. COVID-19 guidelines will be in effect for meetings. Members should practice social distancing and wear masks. The fire/safety education committee will have information about concussions and the effect on fire and EMS responders. The information will be derived from numerous sources, including fire engineering, Facebook and the NFPA, along with information from the NFL and doctoral research. Information will also be available to apply for the DCNR Forestry Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant. The grant application period started March 15 and ends Thursday, May 13.
Fire stations get funding for wildland fire defense
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State forestry division awards $159,000 in grants to rural Alaska fire departments
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March 16, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture’s Wildland Fire Division (SDWF) announces the Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) grant application period is now open.
The grant application period is open from March 15 to April 30, 2021.
The VFA program provides volunteer fire departments (VFDs) access to funding through the U.S. Forest Service to organize, train, and equip fire departments in rural areas to prevent and suppress fires.
This year, emphasis is on communication equipment such as radios that are P25 compliant, wildland personal protective equipment (PPE), and other wildland equipment such as pumps, hoses, appliances, fittings, and hand tools.