Neligh, Oakdale Receive Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants

Two Antelope County volunteer fire departments were among the 109 rural fire districts to receive the 2018 Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) grant.

The Neligh Volunteer Fire Department received $4,250.00, while the Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department received $4,500.00. The grant money can be used for requests such as personal protective equipment, prevention and communication gear. 

The state of Nebraska was awarded an additional $100,000 in grant money this year due to the increase in amount of wildfires and fire departments responding to those fires, according to NFS Fire Program Manager Matt Holte. 

The full list of recipients and amounts are as follows: 
​Abie Volunteer Fire Department
$1,620.00

Ainsworth Volunteer Fire Department
$3,825.00

Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
$4,136.00

Arapahoe Fire Department
$4,500.00

Ashton Volunteer Fire Department
$2,835.00

Atkinson Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00
Aurora Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Axtell Volunteer Fire & Rescue
$4,250.00

Banner County Volunteer Fire & Rescue
$750.00

Bartlett Volunteer Fire Department
$704.00

Battle Creek Volunteer Fire Department
$1,445.00

Bayard Volunteer Fire Department
$2,125.00

Beaver City Rural Fire Dist.
$4,250.00

Beemer Fire and Rescue
$1,408.00

Bellwood Volunteer Fire Department
$3,740.00

Bennett Rural Fire Department
$2,816.00

Bennington Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Bertrand Fire and Rescue
$2,880.00

Brule Volunteer Fire Department
$1,080.00

Bushnell-Johnson RFD
$2,040.00

Cedar Bluffs Suburban Fire
$2,640.00

Chadron Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

City of Friend Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Clarks Volunteer Fire Department
$3,960.00

Colon Volunteer Fire Department
$3,344.00

Curtis Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Dannebrog Volunteer Fire Department
$352.00

Dix Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Dodge County Mutual Aid Assc.
$880.00

Dorchester Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Douglas Volunteer Fire Department
$3,080.00

Eagle Fire & Rescue
$2,250.00

East Central NE Fire Prevention Co-op
$170.00

Edgar Volunteer Fire Department
$3,825.00

Ericson Volunteer Fire Department
$945.00

Fairbury Rural Fire Department
$4,500.00

Fordyce Volunteer Fire Department
$2,904.00

Fort Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Franklin Volunteer Fire Department
$2,550.00

Fremont Rural Fire Department
$4,500.00

Garland Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Genoa Volunteer Fire Department
$1,496.00

Gering Volunteer Fire Department
$2,112.00

Giltner Rural Fire Department
$1,105.00

Gordon Volunteer Fire Department
$2,970.00

Grant Volunteer Fire Department
$1,232.00

Greeley Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Guide Rock Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Hadar Volunteer Fire Department
$1,710.00

Hampton Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Hay Springs Rural Fire Department
$1,890.00

Hershey Volunteer Fire Department
$2,024.00

Hildreth Volunteer Fire Department
$1,170.00

Hordville Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Jansen Rural Fire District #9
$4,500.00

Kenesaw Volunteer Fire Department
$3,960.00

Keystone-Lemoyne Fire Rescue
$765.00

Linwood Volunteer Fire & Rescue
$2,805.00

Malmo Volunteer Fire Department
$4,400.00

Mead Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Minatare/Melbeta Fire & Rescue
$4,400.00

Minden Volunteer Fire Department
$3,230.00

Morrill Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Nebraska Firefighters Museum
$425.00

Nehawka Volunteer Fire Department
$2,112.00

Neligh Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Nelson Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

North Bend Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

NSVFA Fire Prevention
$595.00

NSVFA Fire School
$4,250.00

Oakdale Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Ohiowa Volunteer Fire Department
$3,740.00

Ord Volunteer Fire Department
$3,400.00

Orleans Volunteer Fire Department
$3,825.00

Oxford Volunteer Fire Department
$3,520.00

Peru Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Phillips Volunteer Fire Department
$2,880.00

Pierce Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Pilger Fire and Rescue
$2,975.00

Plainview Fire Department
$4,500.00

Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department
$3,330.00

Ponca Rural Fire Department
$450.00

Potter Volunteer Fire Department
$4,500.00

Prague Rural Fire Department
$4,410.00

Primrose Rural Fire District 5
$3,655.00

Randolph Volunteer Fire & Rescue
$1,496.00

Ravenna Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Raymond Volunteer Fire Department
$1,125.00

Red Cloud Volunteer Fire Department
$2,805.00

Red Willow Western Rural Fire Dept.
$2,112.00

Rushville Volunteer Fire Department
$2,805.00

Scottsbluff Rural Fire Protection District
$4,400.00

State Fire Marshal’s Office Training
$4,250.00

Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
$4,320.00

Snyder Volunteer Fire Department
$450.00

Snyder Volunteer Fire Department
$850.00

St Edward Volunteer Fire Department
$4,400.00

Stanton Volunteer Fire
$4,165.00

Sterling Volunteer Fire Department
$4,250.00

Sutherland Volunteer Fire Department
$1,890.00

Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department
$810.00

Thedford Volunteer Fire Department
$3,330.00

Ulysses Volunteer Fire Department
$2,160.00

Venango Volunteer Fire Department
$2,160.00

Verdigre Volunteer Fire Department
$2,250.00

Winslow Rural Fire District
$4,400.00

WIRAT Team State Fire Marshall's Office
$2,125.00

Wynot Volunteer Fire Department
$4,400.00

Yutan Volunteer Fire Department
$4,400.00

Total: $330,193.00