{"id":11113,"date":"2025-10-19T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/11113\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:00:10","slug":"fire-departments-in-texas-to-receive-164m-in-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/11113\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire departments in Texas to receive $164M in funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 The Texas A&amp;M Forest Service <a href=\"https:\/\/tfsweb.tamu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FY26-Funding-Meeting-1-October-14-2025-Funding-Summary.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:approved more than $164 million in funding;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">approved more than $164 million in funding<\/a> to fire departments in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The funding, which was provided through the <a href=\"https:\/\/tfsweb.tamu.edu\/grants-financial-assistance\/fire-department-programs\/volunteer-fire-department-programs\/rural-volunteer-fire-department-assistance-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program<\/a>, is set to go toward 558 fire trucks and 321 slip-on units for Texas volunteer fire departments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTexas fire departments are the front line of local response, and their equipment capacity is vital to response time and effectiveness,\u201d said Al Davis, Texas A&amp;M Forest Service director. \u201cThis historic funding reflects the strong support of the Texas Legislature and the governor. Their investment allows us to continue supporting and equipping firefighters who protect Texas\u2019 lives and property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The service said additional funding would be awarded over the coming months, which would allow for more fire and rescue equipment, personal protective equipment, training aids and dry hydrants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBy using the funding through this program to purchase critical equipment, local fire departments increase their equipment capacity to respond to wildfires and a wide array of emergency incidents, including house fires and motor vehicle accidents,\u201d Texas A&amp;M Forest Service said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 The Texas A&amp;M Forest Service approved more than $164 million in funding to fire departments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6597,666,9698,27,1887,29,293,28],"class_list":["post-11113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-fire-departments","tag-funding","tag-rural-volunteer-fire-department-assistance-program","tag-texas","tag-texas-am-forest-service","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-legislature","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}