Four volunteer fire departments in the Pampa area received a large grant from the Panhandle Wildfire Relief Program.
Miami, McLean, Lefors and Hoover volunteer fire departments received $36,000 each from the Panhandle Wildfire Relief Program.
$36,000 is more than the Hoover Volunteer Fire Department's yearly budget. They will use the donation money for some much need upgrades. The department was able to replace it's old gear with new gear.
The Hoover Volunteer Fire Department's firefighting gear was over 10 years old and needed replacing. The department bought new structure and wildland fighting gear.
"The gear that we had came from 2006," said Chief Trent Price. "It is since outdated. All gear does have a shelf life on it, and with this we actually got over half the department suited out in new bunker gear."