Rural, Volunteer Fire Departments Receive Grants Administered by DNR Forestry

(UNDATED) – Rural and volunteer fire departments from 46 counties have been awarded more than $297,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants.

The grants are administered by the DNR Division of Forestry and made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Grants may be used for training, installation of dry hydrants, or to purchase necessary firefighting equipment and gear to combat wildland fires.

The awarded grants range from $1,500 to $5,000 and were given to 71 departments.

Fire departments receiving grants in 2019, the amount of the grant, county and the project category are:

  • Madison Township – Hoagland VFD Allen $4,896.00 Safety  
  • Southwest Bartholomew VFD Inc. Bartholomew $3,910.00 Safety  
  • Charlestown VFD Clark $5,000.00 Water Handling  
  • Monroe Township Clark $5,000.00 Foam  
  • Van Buren Township Vol. Fireman Assn Clay $4,758.00 Radios  
  • Madison Township Volunteer Firemen Clinton $2,345.00 Radios  
  • Rossville VFD Inc. Clinton $4,800.00 Safety  
  • Elnora Elmore Township VFD Davies $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Letts Community Volunteer Fire Decatur $2,588.00 Water Handling  
  • Celestine VFD Dubois $4,975.00 Water Handling  
  • Dubois VFD Dubois $4,413.00 Safety  
  • Madison Township VFD Dubois $2,813.00 Water Handling  
  • St. Anthony VFD Dubois $4,329.00 Radios  
  • Hillsboro VFD Fountain $2,100.00 Safety  
  • Eagle Fire Company Of Oldenburg Franklin $1,900.00 Water Handling  
  • Beech Creek Township Eastern FD Green $4,300.00 Safety  
  • Center-Jackson Fire Territory Green $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Boone Township VFD Harrison $5,000.00 Radios  
  • Lizton / Union Twp VFD Hendricks $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Stilesville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc. Hendricks $2,370.00 Safety  
  • Greentown Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Howard $4,810.00 Safety  
  • Mt. Etna VFD Huntington $4,775.00 Safety  
  • Warren VFD Huntington $1,777.00 Wildland  
  • Keener Township VFD Jasper $5,000.00 Radios  
  • Bryant VFD Jay $5,000.00 Water Handling  
  • Campbell Township VFD Jennings $4,935.00 Radios  
  • Spencer Township VFD Jennings $5,000.00 Radios  
  • Vincennes Township Fire District Knox $4,800.00 Safety  
  • LaGrange VFD LaGrange $5,000.00 Radios  
  • LaCrosse VFD LaPorte $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Noble Township VFD LaPorte $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Marion Township Rural FD Inc. Lawrence $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Marshall Township Lawrence $2,500.00 Safety  
  • Mitchell VFD Lawrence $5,000.00 Wildland  
  • Lapel Stony Creek Twp. Fire Territory Madison $2,547.00 Safety  
  • Decatur Township FD Marion $5,000.00 Wildland  
  • Ellettsville Fire Dept. Monroe $2,760.00 Safety  
  • Northern Monroe Fire Territory Monroe $5,000.00 Wildland  
  • Van Buren Township VFD Monroe $2,426.00 Foam  
  • A&A Township VFD Inc. Morgan $2,809.00 Wildland  
  • Brooklyn VFD, Inc Morgan $4,974.00 Water Handling  
  • Albion VFD Noble $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Adams Township Fire Dept. Parke $5,000.00 Radios  
  • Bridgeton VFD Parke $5,000.00 Safety  
  • J.U.G.A. VFD Parke $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Central Perry VFD Perry $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Rome VFD, Inc Perry $2,442.00 Safety  
  • Jefferson Township Pike Co. Ind. VFD Pike $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Petersburg VFD Pike $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Kouts VFD Porter $5,000.00 Water Handling  
  • Morgan Township VFD Porter $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Porter Fire Dept. Porter $4,999.00 Safety  
  • Monterey & Tippacanoe VFD Pulaski $4,999.00 Radios  
  • Farmland VFD Randolph $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Lynn Fire Department Randolph $5,000.00 Safety  
  • White River Township Fire Dept. Randolph $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Scottsburg Fire Dept. Scott $4,071.00 Radios  
  • Fountaintown Community VFD Shelby $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Chrisney VFD Spencer $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Liberty Township VFD St. Joseph $5,000.00 Safety  
  • Walkerton Fire Dept. St. Joseph $4,683.00 Safety  
  • Angola Fire Dept. Stueben $1,500.00 Wildland  
  • Fremont Fire Dept. Stueben $2,498.00 Wildland  
  • Hymera Jackson Township Fire Dept. Sullivan $2,438.00 Radios  
  • Jeff-Craig Fire & Rescue Inc. Switzerland $5,000.00 Wildland  
  • Kempton Fire & Rescue Tipton $3,750.00 Water Handling  
  • McCutchanville Fire Dept. Vanderburg $2,291.00 Water Handling  
  • Black Diamond Vermillion $2,780.00 Radios  
  • Roann VFD Inc. Wabash $4,200.00 Water Handling  
  • Chandler VFD Warrick $2,500.00 Radios  
  • Gibson Township-Little York VF Co., Inc Washington $5,000.00 Radios