Twin County volunteer fire, rescue and EMS departments were recently awarded more than $200,000 in grant funding through the Volunteer Rescue/EMS fund. The fund was created by the N.C. General Assembly to assist volunteer emergency personnel across the state.

"Rescue and EMS organizations selflessly serve our communities large and small, and their budgets don't always match the magnitude of their responsibilities," Insurance Commissioner Goodwin said in a press release. "It is important that our state helps support them by providing the means by which they can obtain the best equipment to do their jobs safely and effectively." 

More than 140 Eastern North Carolina organizations received fire grants, including the 15 Twin County organizations below:

Rescue Grants:

Bailey Fire Department, Green Hornet Fire District in Nash County: $7,360

Fire Grants:

Bailey Fire Department, Green Hornet Fire District in Nash County: $8,690

Battleboro Rural Fire Department in Nash County: $27,469

Conetoe Volunteer Fire/EMS Company in Edgecombe County: $7,905

Coopers Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad in Nash County: $5,000

Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department in Edgecombe County: $9,562

Leggett Volunteer Fire Department in Edgecombe County: $30,000

Lewis Community Volunteer Fire Department in Edgecombe County: $9,360

Macclesfield Rural Volunteer Fire Department in Edgecombe County: $17,469

Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department in Nash County: $12,350

Momeyer Volunteer Fire Rescue in Nash County: $11,375

Salem District Volunteer Fire Department in Nash County: $5,187

South Edgecombe Rural Fire Department in Edgecombe County: $11,660

Speed V.F.D. in Edgecombe County: $8,219

Spring Hope Fire Dept., Tar River Fire Dist., in Nash County: $7,175

West Edgecombe V.F.D. in Edgecombe County: $17,275

Whitakers Fire Department in Nash County: $15,745