Friday, October 2, 2020

Indiana: fire departments receive grants administered by DNR Forestry

More than 70 rural and volunteer fire departments from 47 Indiana counties have been awarded more than $320,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants, DNR Director Dan Bortner announced Thursday.

The awards will be used for training, installation of dry hydrants, or to purchase necessary firefighting equipment and gear to combat wildland fires. The grants are administered by the DNR Division of Forestry and made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Recipients were selected based on population density, acres of public wildlands protected, and wildland fire reporting to DNR Fire Control Headquarters. As in past years, emphasis was given to projects that involved the fighting of wildfires.

The awarded grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 and were given to 76 departments.

Fire departments receiving the grants in 2020, the amount of the grant, county and the project category are:

Hoagland Vol. Fire Co. Inc.

Allen

$4,932.00

Safety

Hope VFD

Bartholomew

$4,740.00

Communication

Southwest Bartholomew VFD

Bartholomew

$3,100.00

Safety

Richland Township VFD

Benton

$5,000.00

Safety

Southern Brown VFD

Brown

$5,000.00

Safety

Charlestown VFD

Clark

$5,000.00

Water Handling

Monroe Township VFD

Clark

$5,000.00

Safety

Centerpoint & Community Vol. Fire Co.

Clay

$2,800.00

Water Handling

Poland Fire Protection Territory

Clay

$5,000.00

Wildland

Van Buren Township Vol. Firemans Assn.

Clay

$5,000.00

Water Handling

Rossville VFD

Clinton

$4,850.00

Safety

Elnora Elmore VFD

Daviess

$4,828.32

Safety

Letts Community VFD

Decatur

$4,750.00

Wildland

Decatur Co. Firemen's Assn.

Decatur

$5,000.00

Communication

Celestine VFD

Dubois

$4,987.50

Communication

Dubois VFD

Dubois

$4,390.60

Safety

Madison Township VFD

Dubois

$3,049.00

Communication

St. Anthony VFD

Dubois

$4,125.00

Communication

Eagle Fire Co. of Oldenburg

Franklin

$4,000.00

Water Handling

Oakland City Fire Dept.

Gibson

$2,678.26

Wildland

Center Jackson Fire Territory

Greene

$4,990.00

Water Handling

Sheridan Fire Dept.

Hamilton

$2,091.95

Wildland

Harrison Township Fire Protection District

Harrison

$3,800.00

Safety

Stilesville Vol. Fire & Rescue

Hendricks

$4,190.00

Safety

Greentown Vol. Fire Co.

Howard

$5,000.00

Safety

Mt. Etna VFD

Huntington

$5,000.00

Safety

Owen Township VFD

Jackson

$5,000.00

Wildland

Pershing Township VFD

Jackson

$2,700.00

Wildland

Wheatfield VFD

Jasper

$2,499.50

Water Handling

Campbell Township VFD

Jennings

$2,537.50

Communication

Palmyra Township Fire Dept.

Knox

$4,970.00

Communication

Vincennes Township Fire District

Knox

$5,000.00

Water Handling

LaGrange VFD

LaGrange

$5,000.00

Safety

Lowell VFD

Lake

$3,000.00

Training

LaCrosse VFD

LaPorte

$5,000.00

Wildland

Long Beach Fire Dept.

LaPorte

$1,000.00

Wildland

Noble Township VFD

LaPorte

$5,000.00

Safety

Marion Township Rural Fire Dept.

Lawrence

$5,000.00

Safety

Marshall Township Vol. Fire & EMS

Lawrence

$2,500.00

Safety

Oolitic VFD

Lawrence

$2,000.00

Wildland

Decatur Township Fire Dept.

Marion

$5,000.00

Wildland

Argos VFD

Marshall

$5,000.00

Safety

Martin Co. Fire and Rescue

Martin

$2,500.00

Communication

Benton Township VFD

Monroe

$3,050.00

Communication

Ellettsville Fire Dept.

Monroe

$2,500.00

Water Handling

Albion VFD

Noble

$5,000.00

Safety

JUGA VFD

Parke

$5,000.00

Safety

Adams Township Fire Dept.

Parke

$5,000.00

Communication

Jefferson Township Pike Co. VFD

Pike

$5,000.00

Safety

Petersburg VFD

Pike

$5,000.00

Safety

Kouts VFD

Porter

$4,684.00

Water Handling

Morgan Township VFD

Porter

$5,000.00

Safety

Porter Fire Dept.

Porter

$4,635.14

Safety

Francesville VFD

Pulaski

$4,500.00

Water Handling

Monterey and Tippecanoe VFD

Pulaski

$5,000.00

Safety

Farmland VFD

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

Lynn Fire Dept.

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

White River Township Fire Dept.

Randolph

$5,000.00

Safety

Posey Township VFD

Rush

$4,750.00

Communication

Liberty Township VFD

St. Joseph

$5,000.00

Safety

Walkerton Fire Dept. Territory

St. Joseph

$5,000.00

Safety

Warren Township Fire Dept.

St. Joseph

$4,238.80

Safety

Centre Township DBA SW Central Fire

St. Joseph

$5,000.00

Safety

Scottsburg Fire Dept.

Scott

$5,000.00

Water Handling

Fountaintown Community VFD

Shelby

$1,941.44

Water Handling

North Judson-Wayne Township

Starke

$1,955.00

Water Handling

San Pierre VFD

Starke

$2,500.00

Water Handling

Jeff-Craig Fire & Rescue

Switzerland

$5,000.00

Communication

Moorefield Community Fire Dept.

Switzerland

$5,000.00

Safety

Sharpsville Fire Dept.

Tipton

$5,000.00

Safety

German Township VFD

Vanderburgh

$5,000.00

Safety

Roann VFD

Wabash

$4,800.00

Safety

Chandler VFD

Warrick

$2,500.00

Safety

Lynnville VFD

Warrick

$5,000.00

Communication

Pigeon Township VFD

Warrick

$5,000.00

Communication

Monon VFD

White

$1,250.00

Training

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

To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.

Media contact: Mark Huter, DNR Forestry, 765-792-4654, mhuter@dnr.IN.gov