MEMBERS OF LEE COUNTY Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) visited with the Burleson County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) last Tuesday. CERT is looking at trying to get a grant to set up radio emergency services in Burleson County. Tribune photo by Denise Squier
Texas A&M Forest Service awarded nearly $5 million to 118 rural volunteer fire departments across the state to support firefighting equipment and emergency response needs, including a $10,000 grant to the Deanville Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) for training aids.
The $4.99 million awarded Aug. 26 will help departments purchase firefighting apparatus, fire and rescue equipment, protective clot…