Central Texas fire departments receive thousands in FEMA grant funding

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Assistance to Firefighters Grant program has awarded $291. 6 million to more than 1,400 fire departments across the country, through the Fiscal Year 2025.

FEMA says over the past week, FEMA awarded $648 million in grant funding to more than 1,600 fire departments and other first responder organizations across the country.

In Central Texas, Killeen Fire, Hewitt Fire, Elm Mott Volunteer Fire and Ross Volunteer Fire have all been given money.