“The men and women of the Jourdanton Volunteer Fire Department perform selfless acts of courage to protect and serve our community,” Congressman Cuellar said. “These funds will help keep our community safe by providing appropriate equipment to personnel, thereby better serving our ever growing population and their needs. I thank the Jourdanton Fire Department along with their city governments for their diligent efforts in helping me guide these grants to Atascosa County. ”

The City of Jourdanton’s Volunteer Fire Department (JVFD) received $180,500 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The grant will be used to purchase a tanker fire truck, capable of holding 3,000 gallons of water. The JVFD will raise $40,000 to cover the total cost of the truck, estimated at $220,500.

This new truck will replace a used 1972 truck that the department purchased about ten years ago. Funding for vehicles under the AFG Program was limited to 25 percent of the 12,000 applications submitted.

“The grant process is a competitive one, but the City of Jourdanton remained dedicated to bringing our taxpayer dollars back home. Today, the Jourdanton Volunteer Fire Department is seeing their hard work come to fruition in the receipt of federal money to purchase a new tanker truck,” said City of Jourdanton Mayor Susan Netardus. “I would like to thank Congressman Cuellar and his office for their diligence and hard work in guiding the City of Jourdanton and the Jourdanton Volunteer Fire Department through the grant process. The safety of our citizens and community are our highest priority and, with the help of these grants, we will be able to achieve our goals.”