Applications for wild land fire suppression kits accepted through Sept. 30

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division is now accepting applications for wild land fire suppression kits through September 30, 2024. The application can be found here.
The Forestry Division has requested, through a United States Forest Service grant, to provide 85 kits this year to rural volunteer fire departments across the state. Since 2014, more than 757 wildland fire suppression kits have been distributed.
Volunteer fire departments are the primary partner to Forestry Division crews in wildfire response and
suppression, but they are often in need of specialized equipment and gear necessary for safe wildfire

suppression. The necessary equipment and gear in the kits include: lightweight wildfire-resistant coveralls, wild land gloves, rakes, backpack water pumps, and leaf blowers.
Rural volunteer fire departments are encouraged to apply online, but paper applications are available upon request. Applications are scored according to specific criteria to include the population of the fire district, the number of square miles covered, the average number of wildfires a department responds to annually, and other factors.
The selected departments will be notified in November and kits will be delivered in the spring of 2025 or as soon as supplies are received.