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Commission highlights $26 million legislative allocation for volunteer departments and lists 2025 EIP winners
Summary
Commissioners described a $26 million legislative allocation for volunteer/combo departments — including $20M for equipment, $5M for rescue squads and $1M for vehicle match funding — and staff read the list of 2025 Educational Incentive Pay winners and first-year participants.
Commission members announced that the legislature funded $26 million this year for volunteer and combination fire departments and reviewed which departments will receive educational-incentive-pay (EIP) awards.
A commissioner told the meeting the legislature appropriated $26,000,000 to support volunteer and combo departments this fiscal year, with a breakdown described in the meeting: $20,000,000 allocated to the volunteer equipment program, $5,000,000 reserved for rescue squads,…
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