Published: 11-15-07
AUSTONIO TX – U.S. Rep. Joe Barton R-Ennis announced today that the Austonio Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded a $75977 federal grant to aid in the acquisition of a new vehicle. This award is made available through the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters program.
“The Austonio Volunteer Fire Department is on hand to protect the community in the face of disaster and the Assistance to Firefighters grant will help them carry out this important task” Barton said.
“I am pleased to announce they have received this funding which will go toward the purchase of a new vehicle and I want to thank each and every member of the Austonio Volunteer Fire Department for their service.”
The goal of the Assistance to Firefighters grant program is to strengthen the nation’s overall level of preparedness and ability to respond to fire and fire-related hazards. Vehicle acquisition grants such as the one awarded the Austonio Volunteer Fire Department can be used to obtain pumper trucks brush trucks rescue vehicles and ambulances among other vehicles.
