Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance and State Fire Marshal Carter Lawrence and the members of Team TDCI recently presented grant monies of over $1.3 million to volunteer fire departments and rescue squads in Clay, Cumberland, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Putnam, Scott, Smith, and Trousdale counties.
Among the grant recipients are the Cumberland County Fire Department which received $68,000; Cumberland County Emergency & Rescue Squad was granted $17,500; and the Fairfield Glade Fire Department was awarded $19,200.
Other area grant recipients include:
City of Jamestown $35,520.
Fentress County Volunteer Rescue Squad $22,240.
Fentress County Fire Department $44,475.
Allardt Volunteer Fire Department $27,375.
Overton County Rescue Squad $59,770.
The Muddy Pond Volunteer Fire Department $10,000.
Morgan County Rescue Squad $38,450.
Wartburg Volunteer Fire $18,000.
The Monterey Fire Department $42,000.
The Putnam County Fire Department $63,600.
The Putnam County Rescue Squad $16,600.
(This is not a complete list of grant recipients.)
(Photos courtesy TDCI.)
