Garrett Fire Department to Receive Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant To Enhance Wildland Fire Protection

For 2023, the Maryland Forest Service awarded grant funds totaling $149,325 in match funding for $390,502 in total project costs. Generally the grants cover 50 percent of project cost, with a maximum grant award of $3,500 per department. The grants include federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Wildland firefighting projects and purchases that receive awards include personal protective equipment, fire hoses and related equipment, power tools such as chainsaws or leaf blowers, fire engines and pumping units, utility and all-terrain vehicles, and certain types of training. 

The Grant for Garrett is as follows

Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department
$3,500 
($7,000) Deep Creek Volunteer Fire Company
$3,443 
($6,885)Eastern Garrett Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
$3,500 
($7,300)

Kitzmiller Volunteer Fire Department
$3,083 
($6,165.88)

Posted on 12/18/2023 in Uncategorized # dcl, deep creek, deep creek lake, garrett, garrett county, maryland, mountain, mountain maryland, mountains