James Harlan, left, a Missouri Department of Conservation forestry employee, presents a matching grant check to Kyle Hale, board president of the Houston Rural Fire Association. The department used their matching grant check of ,922 to help with the purchase of two backpack blowers and a 300-gallon water unit for a brush truck.

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