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Rural Fire Department Grant Program

Fires in northeastern Oklahoma can be devastating and deadly. They require more than manpower to successfully fight them and to protect lives and property.

The required fire-fighting equipment is costly, so we developed a program to help rural fire departments in our service territory purchase that equipment.

The Rural Fire Department Grant Program provides financial assistance to area fire departments annually. The grants help the departments purchase equipment such as fire trucks, hoses, and firefighter gear, along with helping them afford personnel training, and even help with the costs of building or acquiring fire stations.

Each year, area fire departments submit applications, which are then reviewed and grants awarded. The grants vary in amounts.

Not only do the fire departments, most of which are comprised of volunteer firefighters, get to purchase needed equipment, but you as a VVEC member, benefit by the fire departments’ Insurance Service Organization (ISO) rating improving. Improved ISO ratings mean lower home insurance rates for you.

Volunteer fire departments usually try to operate with used, and/or out-of-date equipment. But by helping them through our Rural Fire Department Grant Program, we feel we are helping them protect you and your family, and we are also helping the departments reduce their ISO ratings, thus reducing your insurance.

Click the following button to view and print the grant application:

Grant Application

Applications deadline will be 4pm, Monday, March 29th, 2021.

Contact program coordinator Misti Frazier at (918) 371-2584, ext. 6226 or mfrazier@vvec.com, for more information.

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  • About VVEC
    • Board of Trustees & District Map
    • Capital Credits
    • About Touchstone Energy
    • Cooperative Principles
    • Statement of Non-Discrimination
  • Electric Service
    • Apply for Electric Service
      • Membership Application
      • Pay-As-You-Go Application
    • Outages
      • Outage Map
    • Rates
    • Terms & Conditions of Service
    • Primary Underground Ditch Details
    • Bylaws
    • Right-of-Way
    • Your Meter
  • Services
    • Account Services
      • How to Read Your Bill
      • Payments Options
      • Pay•As•You•Go Pre-Pay Program
      • Deposits
      • Payment Assistance Agencies
      • COVID Assistance Info
    • Products & Services
      • Home Energy Audits
      • Rebates
      • Surge Suppressors
    • Member Services
      • Annual Meeting of Members
      • District Meetings
      • Legislative Partners
    • Power of Membership Video
  • Community Programs
    • Co-op Connections
      • Co-op Connections Card
      • Local Co-op Connections
    • Adopt-A-School Grant Program
      • Adopt-A-School Application
    • Rural Fire Department Grant Program
      • Rural Fire Department Grant Application
    • Washington Youth Tour
    • YouthPower Energy Camp
    • Paying Your Fire Department Dues
  • Power Circuit Newsletter
  • Renewable Energy
    • Oklahoma Solar Info
    • Residential Solar Calculator
    • Electric Vehicle Information