(Area) More than $415,000 in 50 percent cost-share grants were recently awarded to 131 Iowa rural fire departments to help their efforts to protect Iowan’s and their property from wildfires. The grants offer valuable funding assistance for wildfire suppression, personal protective and communications equipment.
The following fire departments in Southwest Iowa will receive 2023 Volunteer Fire Assistance grants: Anita, Atlantic, Audubon, Avoca, Clarinda, College Springs, Creston, Glenwood, Hancock, Harlan, Irwin, Logan, Prescott, Randolph, Riverton, Shenandoah, Sidney, Stuart, Villisca, Woodbine, and Yale.
These grants are made possible through Iowa DNR Forestry, in cooperation with US Forest Service – State and Private Forestry.
