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Rural fire departments in Rappahannock may benefit from the Rural Community Fire Protection Program under Public Law 95-313.
According to State Forester W. F. Custard, $53,600 in grants made available last year permitted the purchase of necessary equipment for 186 rural fire departments. Since the Act went into effect in 1975, a total of $338,077 in matching grant money has been disbursed in 941 matching grants to 241 fire departments.
This year the same amount of grant money ($53,600) is available for allocation to qualifying rural departments. The Virginia Division of Forestry is charged with the administration of the Virginia grant and will absorb the administrative costs to allow the full $53,600 to be available to the rural fire departments.
The grant money is to be used to assist rural fire departments which service communities with populations of less than 10,000. Emphasis will be
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