FEMA Awards Grant Funding to Central Texas Fire Departments
FEMA has awarded grant funding to several fire departments in the Central Texas region, including Killeen, Hewitt, Elm Mott, and Ross Volunteer Fire departments. The funds, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars for these local entities, are designated for critical…
Waco Temple Bryan, TX, October 15, 2026 —
FEMA has awarded grant funding to several fire departments in Central Texas, including departments in Killeen, Hewitt, Elm Mott and Ross. The awards total hundreds of thousands of dollars for the local entities, according to the information provided.
The funding is designated for needs that include personal protective equipment (PPE) and the acquisition of a new fire truck. The stated purposes are to improve departments’ operational capabilities and firefighter safety.
The available information does not specify the amount awarded to each department or identify which department will receive funding for PPE and which will acquire the fire truck. It also does not provide the total grant amount beyond describing it as hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The specific FEMA grant program, the date of the awards and any timeline for spending the funds were not provided. No details were given about the equipment to be purchased, including the type or quantity of PPE or the specifications of the fire truck.
The awards named four Central Texas recipients: Killeen, Hewitt, Elm Mott and Ross Volunteer fire departments. Further details about how the funding will be divided among those departments were not included in the information available.
Story summarized from the original created by Jessica Rajkumar on www.kwtx.com, see more information here.
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