| DEP
Awards Federal Funds to Support Volunteer Fire Departments
(03/172) TRENTON - Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M.
Campbell today announced a commitment of $200,000 in federal
funds to assist rural volunteer fire departments with rural
and wildland fire protection.
Approximately $100,000 was awarded to rural
volunteer fire departments with an additional $100,000 grant
availability in 2004 through the Volunteer Fire Assistance
Program.
"These funds help rural volunteer
fire departments save lives and protect property in wooded
areas," said Commissioner Campbell. "The matching
grants will provide even more training and state of the
art equipment to the state's many volunteer fire departments
ensuring greater safety in the rural areas of New Jersey."
The $100,000 earmarked was awarded to 50
New Jersey volunteer fire departments and communities from
the federal Volunteer Fire Assistance Program in the following
counties: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,
Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic,
Sussex and Warren. The grants provide funding to organize,
train and equip fire departments in rural communities to
prevent and suppress fires.
The approved grants, recommended by the
New Jersey Forest Fire Service, were provided by the U.S.
Forest Service Grant Program. Grant recipients must provide
a 50 percent match for each project.
The Volunteer Fire Assistance Program was
initially authorized in 1972. According to the U.S. Forest
Service, of the more than 35,000 local fire agencies nationwide,
75 percent are volunteer and provide nearly 80 percent of
initial attack on wildland fires in the United States.
New Jersey fire departments, counties,
towns and communities serving rural communities with a population
of 10,000 or less are encouraged to apply for the next round
of funding by Feb. 1, 2004.
DEP's Forest Fire Service administers the
Volunteer Fire Assistance Program. To receive a grant application,
call the NJ Forest Fire Service at (609) 292-2977.
A list of grant awards follows.
Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants
Awarded in 2003
| County |
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Municipality |
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Fire Company |
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Amount |
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| Atlantic |
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Weymouth Twp. |
|
Dorothy Volunteer Fire Company |
|
$1,500.00 |
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Egg Harbor |
|
Green Bank Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,742.00 |
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Egg Harbor City |
|
Lower Bank Vol. Fire Company |
|
$2,659.00 |
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Egg Harbor / Egg Harbor City |
|
Egg Harbor City Fire Department |
|
$1,500.00 |
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Egg Harbor/ Egg Harbor City |
|
South Egg Harbor Fire Company |
|
$1,300.00 |
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Estell Manor/ Estell Manor City |
|
Estell Manor City Fire Co. |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Mays Landing/ Hamilton Twp. |
|
Laureldale Fire and Rescue |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Sweetwater/ Mullica Twp. |
|
Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Co. |
|
$2,500.00 |
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Vineland/ Buena Vista Twp. |
|
Buena Vista Twp. Fire District #2 |
|
$1,500.00 |
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| Burlington |
|
Chatsworth/ Woodland Twp. |
|
Chatsworth Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,271.00 |
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Chatsworth/ Woodland Twp. |
|
Lebanon Lakes Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,355.00 |
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Cookstown/ New Hanover Twp. |
|
Cookstown Vol. Fire Company |
|
$1,850.00 |
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Shamong |
|
Indian Mills Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,521.00 |
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Tabernacle |
|
Tabernacle Fire District # 1 |
|
$2,576.00 |
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| Camden |
|
Gibbsboro/ Gibbsboro Boro |
|
Gibbsboro Fire Company # 1 |
|
$2,400.00 |
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Pine Hill/ Pine Hill Boro |
|
Pine Hill Fire District # 1 |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Sicklerville/ Winslow Twp. |
|
Winslow Twp. Fire District # 1 |
|
$2,000.00 |
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| Cape May |
|
Dennisville/ Dennis Twp. |
|
Dennis Vol. Fire Company |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Green Creek/ Middle Twp. |
|
Green Creek Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Ocean View/ Dennis Twp. |
|
Oceanview Fire Company |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Woodbine/Woodbine Boro |
|
Belleplain Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,000.00 |
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| Cumberland |
|
Fortescue |
|
Fortescue Volunteer Fire Co. |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Heislerville/ Maurice River Twp. |
|
Bd. Of Fire Comm., Heislerville |
|
$2,500.00 |
| |
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Millville/ Commercial Twp. |
|
Laurel Lake Fire Company |
|
$2,000.00 |
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| Hunterdon |
|
Clinton |
|
Pattenburg Vol. Fire Company |
|
$2,050.00 |
| |
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| Mercer |
|
Titusville/ Hopewell Twp. |
|
Hopewell Twp. Fire District # 1 |
|
$2,000.00 |
| |
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| Middlesex |
|
South Amboy |
|
City of South Amboy |
|
$775.00 |
| |
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| Monmouth |
|
Farmingdale/ Farmingdale Boro. |
|
Farmingdale Fire Company |
|
$1,193.00 |
| |
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Freehold |
|
Bd. of Fire Comm. Fire Dist. # 1 |
|
$2,022.00 |
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| Ocean |
|
Island Heights/ Dover Twp. |
|
Island Heights Vol. Fire Co. # 1 |
|
$2,355.00 |
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Manahawkin/ Stafford Twp. |
|
Stafford Twp. Vol Fire Co. # 1 |
|
$1,801.00 |
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South Toms River |
|
Borough of South Toms River |
|
$2,511.00 |
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Tuckerton |
|
Tuckerton Vol. Fire Company |
|
$2,438.00 |
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Waretown/ Ocean Twp. |
|
Waretown Fire Company |
|
$2,548.00 |
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| Passaic |
|
Macopin/ West Milford Twp. |
|
Macopin Fire Company |
|
$1,500.00 |
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Ringwood/ Ringwood Boro |
|
Erskine Lakes Vol. Fire Co. # 1 |
|
$2,000.00 |
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| Sussex |
|
Andover |
|
Andover Borough Vol. Fire Dept. |
|
$1,200.00 |
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Augusta/ Frankford Twp. |
|
Frankford Twp. Fire Department |
|
$1,850.00 |
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Newton |
|
Fredon Volunteer Fire Company |
|
$2,350.00 |
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Stillwater |
|
Stillwater Area Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$1,500.00 |
| |
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Stockholm/ Hardyston Twp. |
|
Hardyston Twp. Vol. Fire Dept. |
|
$1,750.00 |
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Sussex |
|
Sussex Fire Department |
|
$1,850.00 |
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Wantage Twp. |
|
Wantage Twp. Fire Department |
|
$2,000.00 |
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| Warren |
|
Allamuchy/ Allamuchy Twp. |
|
Allamuchy Twp. Vol. Fire Dept. |
|
$2,000.00 |
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Great Meadows/ Liberty Twp. |
|
Independence Twp. Fire Dept. |
|
$1,700.00 |
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Hackettstown |
|
The Town of Hackettstown |
|
$1,500.00 |
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Hope/ Hope Twp. |
|
Hope Vol. Fire Department |
|
$2,050.00 |
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Mountain Lake/ Liberty Twp. |
|
Mountain Lake Fire Company |
|
$1,750.00 |
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Phillipsburg |
|
Harmony Twp. Vol. Fire Co. |
|
$2,150.00 |
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Stewartsville/ Greenwich Twp. |
|
Stewartsville Vol. Fire Company |
|
$2,050.00 |
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