2 Texas Volunteer FDs receive new brush trucks with grants

GORDONVILLE, Tex. — Two new firetrucks are rolling around town in Gordonville and Sherwood Shores, after three years of the volunteer fire departments waiting for a state grant.

Gordonville just got their truck a couple months ago.

The Gordonville and Sherwood Shores Volunteer Fire Departments applied three years ago for state grants from the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Requirements include serving a rural community with at most 10,000 people and all employees must be nationally certified.

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