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39 Volunteer Fire Departments Receive $89,025 in Funding

12 Maryland Counties Awarded Grants

Wildland Firefighter

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the recipients of the 2016 Volunteer Fire Assistance Program grants, which provide financial and technical assistance to rural volunteer fire departments and their communities.

This year, the department awarded $89,025 to 39 volunteer fire departments in 12 Maryland counties.

“These funds are essential to help outfit our brave volunteer firefighters across the state,” Maryland Fire Supervisor Monte Mitchell said. “They provide fire departments with much needed equipment, training and vehicles for wildland firefighting before the start of the fall fire season.”

The grants, provided by the United States Forest Service, and administered by the Maryland Forest Service, help build-out capacity for wildland fire protection in rural areas. This year, 53 fire departments from 19 counties applied for just over $250,000.

Here is a list of the 2016 grant recipients (by county):

Volunteer Fire Department County Project Cost Award
Baltimore Pike Volunteer Fire Company Allegany $6,063 $3,000
Barton Hose Company 1 Allegany $5,792 $2,896
Flintstone Volunteer Fire Company Allegany $2,300 $1,150
Good Willl Volunteer Fire Company 1 Allegany $1,310 $655
LaVale Volunteer Fire Department Allegany $5,500 $2,750
Mount Savage Volunteer Fire Department Allegany $4,770 $2,385
Orleans Volunteer Fire Company Allegany $1,340 $670
Rawlings Volunteer Fire Department Allegany $6,000 $3,000
Shaft Volunteer Fire Department Allegany $5,968 $2,984
Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Baltimore $5,732 $2,866
Arcadia Volunteer Fire Company Baltimore $5,872 $2,936
Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company Baltimore $8,050 $3,000
North Point Edgemere Volunteer Fire Department Baltimore $5,138 $2,569
Greensboro Volunteer Fire Company Caroline $5,800 $2,900
Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company Carroll $7,505 $3,000
Cobb Island Volunteer Fire Department Charles $6,260 $3,000
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department Charles $1,760 $880
Eldorado Brookview Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $5,940 $2,970
Hurlock Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $4,809 $2,404
Linkwood Salem Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $5,180 $2,590
Neck District Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $3,484 $1,742
Secretary Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $5,881 $2,940
Taylors Island Volunteer Fire Department Dorchester $6,000 $3,000
Vienna Volunteer Fire Company Dorchester $3,402 $1,702
New Market Volunteer Fire Company Frederick $3,864 $1,932
Bloomington Volunteer Fire Company Garrett $4,765 $2,382
Deep Creek Volunteer Fire Company Garrett $1,646 $823
Grantsville Volunteer Fire Department Garrett $3,737 $1,868
Kitzmiller Volunteer Fire Department Garrett $4,980 $2,490
Potomac Fire Company 2 Garrett $1,800 $900
Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Company Harford $6,700 $3,000
Marion Volunteer Fire Department Somerset $6,000 $3,000
Mt. Vernon Volunteer Fire Department Somerset $5,271 $2,635
First Hose Company of Boonsboro Washington $6,700 $3,000
Funkstown Volunteer Fire Company Washington $2,020 $1,010
Leitersburg Volunteer Fire Company Washington $725 $572
Longmeadow Volunteer Fire Company Washington $5,152 $2,576
Potomac Valley Volunteer Fire Company Washington $3,700 $1,850
Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company Wicomico $5,995 $2,998
Total   $182,911 $89,025
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