Scholarship Program

Historically, PFRA sponsored a Scholarship program from 2003 to 2025. In late 2025, the PFRA Board voted to terminate the PFRA Scholarship program and continue instead with the PFR Higher Education Grant program. Please visit PFRA Higher Education Grant Program for more information on this program.

Higher Education Grant Program

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2020 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to Garret Poe, Peyton Lammons , and Alexa Reichert. This year, multiple applications were received from many deserving students. Consequently, the PFRA application review committee had a very difficult time being able to select only three recipients as the entire pool of candidates were all outstanding. The PFRA Scholarship committee sends their appreciation to everyone who submitted an application and we know all these students will have a very successful edu

2019 Scholarship Recipients

At the July 2019 meeting, the PFRA Scholarship Committee awarded three collegiate scholarships to highly-academic daughters of three Plano firefighters. Congratulates to the 2019 PFRA Scholarship Award recipients Hannah Willits, Addyson Miller, and Katelyn Cardwell. Hannah Willits Hannah is the daughter of FF/engineer Chris Willits. Hannah graduated this past May from Plano East Senior High School with a GPA of 3.8 out of 4.0 and was in the top third of her class of 1317 stud

2018 Scholarship Recipients

At the July 17 2018 meeting, PFRA was proud to award three collegiate scholarships to highly-academic daughters of three Plano firefighters. Congratulates to the 2018 PFRA Scholarship Award recipients Hannah Hokit, Kinley Gafford, and Madison Pate. Kinley Gafford Kinley, daughter of Karry “Sam” Gafford, graduated from Bells High School and will be attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University and pursuing a degree in Occupational Safety and Health and hopes to get a job un

2017 Scholarship Recipients

PFRA congratulates Madison Poe, Cole Campbell, and Tionne Stubblefield, who are the 2017 PFRA Scholarship Award recipients. Madison Poe Madison is the daughter of Steve Poe, Battalion Chief at Station 12. She will be attending Texas A&M in the fall, majoring in Political Science and continuing onto Law School to eventually become a family lawyer. She plans to open her own non-profit legal practice to give priority to children who are victims of verbal and emotional abuse com

2016 Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to Madison Hokit, Ellys Rogers, and Matthew Biggerstaff, who each received a $1,000 scholarship from PFRA in the summer of 2016. The PFRA scholarship committee had a very difficult task this year, being able to select only 3 recipients out of the large number of outstanding and qualified applications that were submitted. Madison Hokit Madison is the daughter of Jonathan Hokit, Fire Engineer at Station 4B. Madison has been taking dual-credit classes throughout