Company 5 receives $500K grant toward new tanker

by Geoff Fox

Hancock Fire Company will soon be getting a new tanker to add to their fleet with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is a Rural Development Community Facility Grant.

The funds are a matching grant, which means 75% come from the USDA and 25% from Hancock Fire Company up to a maximum of $500,000. Hancock’s matching portion is $167,000, said Hancock Assistant Chief Ben Breeze.

Breeze said the…