39 Volunteer Fire Departments Receive $89,025 in Funding

The Maryland Department of Natural Resourcesannounced 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