by Mikka Elmore
DENTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help fight fires in multiple counties in Texas.
This follows requests over the holiday weekend for fire management assistance declarations from state officials.
The fires have been burning in Bastrop, Montgomery, Travis, and Williamson Counties. As well as along the county lines of Grimes, Waller and Montgomery Counties.
The addition of these seven latest Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAGs) brings the total of approved FMAGs for Texas to 52 so far in 2011.
This authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of state and local government eligible firefighting costs.
