Funding has been announced for fire departments that saw damage caused to equipment while helping to fight the wildfires on the Conception Bay North Shore last year.
The provincial government is providing about $300,000 to 23 fire departments to help cover the cost of damaged or lost equipment or for fuel costs.
- Bay de Verde Fire Department: $105,659.50, including $100,000 for a response vehicle
- Seaside Fire Department: $30,989.00
- Trinity South Central Fire Department: $26,996.14
- North Shore Fire Department: $23,603.27
- Heart’s Delight-Islington Fire Department: $17,648.47
- Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Department: $14,181.39
- Harbour Grace Fire Department: $11,983.19
- Salmon Cove Fire Department: $11,843.20
- St. John’s Regional Fire Department: $10,887.50
- Hant’s Harbour Fire Department: $10,101.63
- Old Perlican Fire Department: $5,345.00
- Gambo Fire Department: $5,140.96
- Witless Bay Fire Department: $4,925.00
- Trinity Bay North Fire Department: $4,524.97
- Torbay Fire Department: $4,050.87
- Winterton Fire Department: $4,043.40
- Victoria Fire Department: $3,966.54
- Carbonear Fire Department: $3,314.63
- Conception Bay South Fire Department: $2,850.00
- Bay Roberts Fire Department: $2,147.68
- Pouch Cove Fire Department: $1,679.40
- Portugal Cove-St. Philips Fire Department: $992.75
- Heart’s Content Fire Department: $800.00
