Funding Available to Help Volunteer Fire Companies Battle Wildfires

The Wolf Administration April 6 announced funding now is available to help Pennsylvania’s rural communities increase protections from wildfires.

Aid is granted on a cost-share basis. Grants for any project during a fiscal year cannot exceed 50 percent of the actual expenditures of local, public, and private nonprofit organizations in the agreement. The maximum grant that will be considered from any fire company in 2020 is $10,000.

Grant applications must be electronically submitted through Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resource’s grant website by 4 p.m., Thursday, May 21,...