Opportunity Overview
The Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation (WFACF) is accepting Fall 2026 applications for its Emergency Services Grant Cycle, which supports volunteer fire departments in a defined North Texas and southern Oklahoma service area. Oklahoma eligibility is limited to volunteer fire departments in Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, and Tillman counties.
Deadline and Submission
The Fall cycle runs August 1 through September 30, 2026. The current WFACF program page does not publish an exact September 30 closing time or time zone, so Atlas is not inferring either. Applications must be submitted through the WFACF Grant Portal; paper applications are not accepted. First-time applicants must create a portal account. WFACF’s current grant FAQ states that a letter of intent is not required for the Volunteer Fire Department Grant Cycle.
Funding and Eligible Uses
WFACF does not publish a general 2026 per-applicant award ceiling or total Fall 2026 pool on the current program page. For truck-match requests, the Foundation states it may award 10% of the truck match, up to $20,000, if funding is available; that figure is specific to the truck-match category and is not a general award cap.
Published eligible uses include personal protective equipment, communication devices, truck matches, truck parts, fire equipment, miscellaneous equipment, first responder equipment, and medical equipment and supplies. Buildings and building acquisitions are not considered, and the Foundation does not fund equipment losses that are covered by insurance.
Eligibility and Frequency
Applicants must be volunteer fire departments serving the Foundation’s eligible geography. A volunteer fire department may generally apply once in a 12-month period. WFACF states that a department covering more than 50% of its county may apply twice in a 12-month period.
Match/cost share: The current program materials do not state a universal mandatory match or cost-share requirement. The separate truck-match category should not be treated as a general applicant match requirement.
Application Requirements
The current public page requires electronic submission through the WFACF Grant Portal but does not publish a complete universal upload checklist outside the live application. Atlas therefore does not infer applicant-controlled attachments, certifications, quotes, signatures, budgets, or other portal fields that are not stated on the controlling public page. Applicants should complete the live portal requirements and preserve truthful applicant-owned documentation.
Contact
WFACF lists Savannah Morales for grant questions at 940-766-0829 and grants@wfacf.org. The Foundation’s staff contact page also lists Savannah Morales as Grants Coordinator.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 90/100. N9+ Fit Score: 78/100. This is a credible Oklahoma emergency-services equipment opportunity because the controlling program expressly allows first-responder equipment and medical equipment/supplies. The Nonagon N9+ may be a legitimate vendor-supplied component only where an eligible volunteer fire department documents a real emergency-medical or first-response use case and WFACF accepts the specific device/platform cost. Atlas should not describe N9+ as pre-approved, automatically allowable, or necessary for an award.
Current Oklahoma EMS registry records identify several realistic screening organizations within WFACF’s six eligible Oklahoma counties, including Loco Volunteer Fire Department in Stephens County, Cox’s Store Volunteer Fire Department and City of Geronimo Volunteer Fire Department in Comanche County, and Duke Volunteer Fire Department in Jackson County. Those records support screening only; they do not establish application intent, funding need, prior WFACF application history, procurement readiness, or interest in N9+.
Direct-vendor review: Dr. Miltie/QC Healthcare is not an eligible direct applicant. A vendor or technology-partner role is conditional on an eligible volunteer fire department selecting a qualifying project, confirming its own eligibility and 12-month application history, and verifying WFACF acceptance of the specific cost before budgeting or procurement.
Next Steps
For any Oklahoma volunteer fire department pursued under this cycle, verify the department’s county and volunteer status, prior 12-month WFACF application history, actual equipment need, portal account, recipient and Email Opt-Out status, same-opportunity outreach history, and specific N9+ cost allowability. Do not fabricate an applicant project or applicant-controlled materials. Submit through the WFACF Grant Portal by September 30, 2026; recheck the live portal for any exact closing-time control before final submission.