{"id":15164,"date":"2017-05-25T10:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T14:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=15164"},"modified":"2017-09-14T06:38:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:38:07","slug":"funding-available-for-maryland-volunteer-fire-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/05\/25\/funding-available-for-maryland-volunteer-fire-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Available for Maryland Volunteer Fire Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Grants Provide Financial and Technical Assistance to\u00a0Enhance Capabilities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5499\/10350937016_72e2acc186.jpg\" width=\"352\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Maryland, about 5,000 wildfires start each and every year, and more than 300 volunteer fire departments across the state respond to these blazes.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is now offering volunteer fire departments access to\u00a0critical grant funding through its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/fire\/otheragencies-rcfp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volunteer Fire Assistance Program<\/a>\u00a0to help fortify and strengthen wildland firefighting capabilities.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_-2976530202194978828m_7399680083229670107gmail-more-15164\"><\/span>\u201cVolunteer firefighters rely on these grants to protect the citizens and communities they serve,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Forest Service<\/a>\u00a0State Fire Supervisor Monte Mitchell said. \u201cThis program enables emergency personnel and first responders to acquire and maintain the skills and specialized tools they need to battle wildfires in rural areas around the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grant\u00a0program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, requires a 50\/50 match with a maximum award of $3,000.\u00a0Volunteer fire departments can submit one grant application per year.\u00a0Grant applications will be accepted until <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 17, 2017<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants should contact <a href=\"tel:(410)%20260-8503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">410-260-8503<\/a> or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/monte.mitchell@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monte Mitchell<\/a>\u00a0with any comments or questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grants Provide Financial and Technical Assistance to\u00a0Enhance Capabilities In Maryland, about 5,000 wildfires start each and every year, and more than 300 volunteer fire departments across the state respond to these blazes. The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is now offering volunteer fire departments access to\u00a0critical grant funding through its\u00a0Volunteer Fire Assistance Program\u00a0to help fortify and strengthen<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/05\/25\/funding-available-for-maryland-volunteer-fire-departments\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23],"tags":[3328,3279,3329,3326,3024],"class_list":["post-15164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","tag-monte-mitchell","tag-u-s-department-of-agriculture","tag-u-s-forest-service","tag-volunteer-fire-assistance-program","tag-wildfire"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15164"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15188,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions\/15188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}