The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry-Fire Program, working in coordination with the US Forest Service, has grant money available for Iowa’s rural fire departments to help battle wildfires.
Applications are due on October 15th. The grant provides 50 percent reimbursement for wildland fire equipment with a maximum reimbursement grant of 45-hundred dollars per department.
The grants offer funding assistance for wildfire suppression equipment, slide-in units, hoses, nozzles, adapters, portable tanks and pumps, personal protective equipment and communication equipment.
For more information go to iowadnr.gov/fire.
