{"id":22131,"date":"2018-05-31T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=22131"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:12:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:12:49","slug":"grant-money-available-for-maryland-volunteer-fire-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/31\/grant-money-available-for-maryland-volunteer-fire-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Money Available for Maryland Volunteer Fire Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Funds Provide Financial and Technical Assistance to Enhance Capabilities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7293\/10351106013_d1cb915dac.jpg\" alt=\"Two firefighters battle blazing wildfire\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Maryland, about 5,000 wildfires are reported each year, and more than 300 volunteer fire departments across the state respond to these blazes, which, on average, burn less than 10 acres.<\/p>\n<p>To assist local fire departments, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is once again offering critical 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 statewide.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Volunteer firefighters provide critical lifesaving and property protection services to their communities and fellow citizens, and rely on these grants to help them stay equipped and prepared,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Forest Service<\/a> State Fire Supervisor Monte Mitchell said. &#8220;This funding enables our first responders to acquire and maintain the skills and specialized tools they need to battle wildfires in their area and across Maryland.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grant\u00a0program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, requires local matching funds of 50 percent, with a maximum award of $3,000.\u00a0Volunteer fire departments can submit one grant application per year. Applications will be accepted until\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">July 16, 2018<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Interested applicants should contact\u00a0410-260-8503\u00a0or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:monte.mitchell@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monte Mitchell<\/a>\u00a0with any comments or questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds Provide Financial and Technical Assistance to Enhance Capabilities In Maryland, about 5,000 wildfires are reported each year, and more than 300 volunteer fire departments across the state respond to these blazes, which, on average, burn less than 10 acres. To assist local fire departments, the\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is once again offering critical grant<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/05\/31\/grant-money-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":[3328,3279,3329,3859,3326,3024],"class_list":["post-22131","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-grants","tag-volunteer-fire-assistance-program","tag-wildfire"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22131","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=22131"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22150,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22131\/revisions\/22150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}