LCRA representatives present a $100,000 grant to the Divide Volunteer Fire Department for expansion of its station. The grant is part of LCRA’s Community Grants program. Pictured, holding the check in the front row, from left to right are: Carol Freeman, LCRA Board member; Zelpha Dreiss, VFD secretary and emergency medical technician; Margaret D. “Meg” Voelter, LCRA Board member; James Dreiss, VFD fire chief, president and emergency medical technician; and Jim Travis, LCRA acting general manager and chief financial officer. Back row: John Palacio, LCRA Regional Affairs representative; Hondo Powell, LCRA Regional Affairs vice president; Melissa K. Blanding, LCRA Board member; Doug Pfeffer, VFD first responder; Stanley Dreiss, VFD board member and emergency medical technician; Logan Gray, VFD first responder; and Lewis Sherer, VFD board member and first responder. - Submitted photo
News
May 13, 2026
LCRA awards grant to expand Kerr County fire station
A rural volunteer fire department that devoted more than a month to responding to last year’s catastrophic flooding in Kerr County soon will have a bigger, newly renovated fire station, thanks in part to a $100,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority.
