The USDA is allocating a $50,000 grant and $15,000 in loans for the purchase of a new brush fire truck for the Reliance Fire Department. The announcement noted that the fire truck serves an area of 3,755 people in Lyman County.
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In other South Dakota projects, the USDA also announced the Eagle Butte Volunteer Fire Department received $26,900 in loans and $19,450 in grants to use for protective firefighting gear, including bunker gear.