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Rural fire departments in Virginia may benefit from the Rural Community Fire Protection Program under Public Law 95-313. The $53,600 grant made available last year to the state permitted the purchase of necessary equipment for 174 rural fire departments.
Since the Act went into effect in 1975. a total of $391,677 in matching grant money has been disbursed in 1.115 matching grants to 251 fire departments. This year $48,100 of grant money is available for allocation to qualifying rural departments.
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