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Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Fire Grants
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This page contains a synopsis of a fire department that has been awarded an AFG Grant.

Alpine Fire Department
San Diego County, California

What They Bought With the Grant:

  • Type III Wildland Engine

    How the Grant Has Helped:
    This engine has seen a significant number of mutual aid and strike team assignments that were not possible before the award.
    Alpine Fire Department received this Type III Wildland Engine as a result of a 2001 Assistance to Firefighter's Grant award. This engine has seen a significant number of mutual aid and strike team assignments that were not possible before the award.

    The pictures below were taken during the huge Cedar Fire in southern California in the fall of 2003.
     
     

    Picture taken during a large cedar fire in southern California in the fall of 2003

    Picture taken during a large cedar fire in southern California in the fall of 2003

    Picture taken during a large cedar fire in southern California in the fall of 2003

    Picture taken during a large cedar fire in southern California in the fall of 2003

    The plume of fire in the picture below is being produced by a venting residential propane tank.

    The plume of fire is from a venting residential propane tank.

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