If your department would like to tell the rest of the Texas Fire Service what you are getting to buy with your grant monies please feel free to contact Louis N. Molino, Sr. Editor of Texas Fire World at LNMolino@aol.com and let him know and we'll craft a press release for inclusion in the next Texas Fire World!

(Editor's Note; FEMA did not post the value of grants in the Vehicle Acquisitions category per a new policy to allow for an open competitive bidding process that was announce with the release of the data, they did however post that value for Round 2 the data that is supplied is current from the FEMA web site as of August 26, 2005)

As of August 26, 2005 the following Texas Fire Departments Awarded Monies Under Round's One and Two of the Fiscal Year 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program;

Round 2

Dixie Voluntary Fire Company * Operations and Safety * $44,080.00
Sulphur Springs Fire Rescue * Operations and Safety * $19,907.00
Whitesboro Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $88,521.00
Emory Fire Dept. * Operations and Safety * $235,840.00
Honey Grove Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition * $135,202.00
Wolfe City Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $10,450.00
Lovelady Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $20,777.00
APPLESPRINGS VFD * Operations and Safety * $67,043.00
Jersey Village Emergency Services * Operations and Safety * $52,344.00
City of Conroe Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $50,940.00
Wildwood Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition * $204,250.00
Ralls Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition * $187,150.00
Bluegrove V.F.D. * Vehicle Acquisition * $57,000.00
RANDALL COUNTY FD * Vehicle Acquisition * $142,500.00
Clifton Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $160,621.00
West Shore Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition * $90,047.00
Godley Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $23,183.00
Rural Hill EMS * Vehicle Acquisition * $79,347.00
Cleburne Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $357,939.00
Converse Fire & EMS Department * Vehicle Acquisition * $315,000.00
Castroville Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $16,150.00
Hondo Volunteer Fire Company * Operations and Safety * $29,042.00
Eagle Creek Volunteer Emergency Services * Vehicle Acquisition * $237,500.00
Dallas Fire-Rescue Department Operations and Safety $1,318,912.00

Round 1

East Post Oak VFD * Operations and Safety * $27,132.00
Biardstown Community VFD * Operations and Safety * $54,289.00
Faught Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety & $44,241.00
Harmony Consolidated VFD * Vehicle Acquisition
Appleby Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Midway Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Union Valley Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Burkeville Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $35,910.00
Kenefick Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $73,198.00
Mauriceville Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $33,155.00
Riverside Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $38,466.00
Lake Rayburn Fire Dept * Operations and Safety * $28,500.00
Orange County ESD #1 * Operations and Safety * $80,640.00
Punkin-Evergreen V.F.D. * Vehicle Acquisition
Callisburg Volunteer Fire Dept. * Operations and Safety * $35,625.00
Longview Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $215,132.00
Chapel Hill Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $147,749.00
Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Sadler Volunteer Fire Department Inc. * Vehicle Acquisition
Seven Points Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $22,515.00
Teague Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $100,786.00
Tool Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. * Operations and Safety * $65,322.00
Slocum Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Neches Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Bradford Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Rosser Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Wortham Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Ferris Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $121,648.00
The Woodlands Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $34,104.00
Bacliff Volunteer Frie Dept * Operations and Safety * $9,500.00
Cove Fire and Rescue * Operations and Safety * $40,470.00
Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $103,500.00
Old River-Winfree V.F.D. * Vehicle Acquisition
Hankamer Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Manchaca Vol. Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $30,875.00
Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $78,375.00
Harker Heights Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $128,725.00
Brock-Dennis Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
City of Canyon Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $19,440.00
Chillicothe Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety *$33,208.00
Windthorst Vol. Fire Dept. * Vehicle Acquisition
Karnes City Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $48,336.00
San Marcos Fire and Rescue * Operations and Safety * $45,000.00
Sweeny Fire And Rescue * Operations and Safety * $79,325.00
Raisin Volunteer Fire Dept. * Operations and Safety * $28,902.00
Bayside Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Cibolo Volunteeer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
Carancahua Community Volunteer FD * Vehicle Acquisition
Mathis Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $14,250.00
Weslaco Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $42,323.00
Gregory Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
ANSON VOLUNTEER FD * Operations and Safety * $30,519.00
Eula Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $29,925.00
Olden Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $22,025.00
East Wise Fire Rescue * Vehicle Acquisition
Jermyn Volunteer Fire Department *Vehicle Acquisition
Lake Bridgeport Volunteer FD * Vehicle Acquisition
Merkel Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $100,686.00
New Deal Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition
City of El Cenizo, Eagle Comm. VFD * Operations and Safety * $21,417.00
Highlands Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety *$85,205.00
Town of Flower Mound Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $72,864.00
Pleasanton VFD * Vehicle Acquisition
Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $99,940.00
Sealy Volunteer Fire Department * Operations and Safety * $12,221.00
City of Hempstead * Vehicle Acquisition
Pattison Area Volunteer Fire Department * Vehicle Acquisition