WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District is coordinating the transfer of 45 handheld Bendix King radios to 13 different local fire organizations in Northern Nevada. The radios, which cost approximately $1,200 each, are considered “excess" Federal property and therefore available to local cooperators under the Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) Program at no cost to the local departments.
"The RFR program is a valuable tool to help provide critical components to success in working together on wildland fire incidents," said Donovan Walker, Interagency Fire Management Officer for the Winnemucca BLM and Santa Rosa Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The Winnemucca BLM will also be transferring the first engine coming up for excess to the Rye Patch VFD by the end of September.
The radios are being transferred to the following local fire organizations:
Winnemucca Rural Volunteer Fire Department - 5 radios
Golconda/Valmy Volunteer Fire Department - 4 radios
Winnemucca City Volunteer Fire Department - 2 radios
Paradise Valley Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
Blue Mountain Rural Fire Protection Association - 4 radios
Wildfire Support Group Rural Fire Protection Association - 5 radios
Grass Valley Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
Imlay Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
Rye Patch Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department - 4 radios
Orovada Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
McDermitt Volunteer Fire Department - 3 radios
Denio Volunteer Fire Department-3 radios
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
