Thanks so much to you, your team and Jerry for his professional writing and hard work he put in to make this grant a success. I shiver with the thought how we would have had to continue operations with the low manpower with a two-position engine company. Talk with you soon.

Jerry Mills
Captain
Tonopah Valley Fire District
Tonopah, AZ 

The Proctorsville Fire Dept. took delivery of our new 3000gal. tanker with a 750 pump. It is a very nice unit! We would not have this truck without your help. Thank you for all your hard work.

Robert Glidden
Chief
Proctorsville Fire Dept.
Proctorsville, VT

I did get the application submitted and received my confirmation letter. Thank you for all your help. I really enjoyed working with your group on this grant. I think the process was very efficient and would recommend your services to anyone needing assistance with a grant.
If you need anything further, please let me know.

Thanks,

Brian R. Williams
Fire Chief
Webster Fire District 7
Minden, LA

Again thank you all for all of your hard work in writing our narratives for this year 2012 Safer Grant. We appreciate the time you took with us to answer our questions and the level of customer service you provide. Please forward a big thank you to Retired Chief Jerry Brant for all of his hard work on the narratives I personally enjoyed our conversation today. the grant has been submitted so crossing our finger, toes, and anything else that we are awarded this grant so we can provide community and firefighter safety.

Sincerely,

Jerry Mills
Captain
Tonopah Valley Fire District
Tonopah, AZ

Hello Sarah,

I am happy to report my experience was a great one. I do not believe I would change anything, you kept me in the loop at all times, and had an answer when I called with a question. In my correspondence with your representatives, they treated me like I was an old friend and not just a customer!!!! Congratulations you have hit the nail on the head and have a great team.

Sincerely Thanks, ,

Russell Jackson
Spanish Fork Fire Department
Spanish Fork, UT

Hello Sarah,

Wow where do I begin. The support and encouragement that we have received from you was no other than amazing. The narratives that we got and the way that everything was handled was the absolute best that I have seen. Even when I called up to ask my usual "trivial" questions, you were right there to get the answer for me. This has been by far the most difficult thing I have done for our fire dept. but you and your company have made it very easy for me to get everything done. Thank you for everything you have done for us at the Longton Fire Department.

Sincerely,

Jason Clatt
Longton Fire Department
Longton, KS

Hello Betsy,

Thanks for your help in putting everything together. I appreciate your dedication to git'r done making my job a whole lot easier.

I will keep you informed about the outcome.

Sincerely,

Gordy Myrah
Winchuck Rural Fire District
Brookings, OR

Hello Sarah,

I want to Thank You for everything. The narratives are MUCH better than what I had. Thats why I went to a professional like yourself because I am not good at all writing grants. Thank You so much for everything you have already done for me. You have no idea how thankful I am and will be to obtain this grant.

Sincerely,

Bill Singley
Chief
Nuremberg Community Ambulance Association
Nuremberg, PA

Dear Sarah,

Done! Thanks for all your help you all do good work! Now we wait to hear....

Sincerely,

Marnie Grondahl
Fire Marshal
Duluth Fire Department
Duluth, MN

Dear Sarah,

We were approved for the full amount requested: $61,513.00. I will complete the request for funds page this morning. Hopefully, we will have our simulator within the next 60 A?a‚¬aˆ? 90 days and be using it to train the next generation of EMT and Paramedics.

Thank you for the initial writing and the ongoing support of this very important project.

Sincerely,

James A. McGee, Jr., RN
Administrator
South Howell County Ambulance District
West Plains, MO

Hi Stephanie,

We did in fact receive the grant for $142,785 from AFG and are currently evaluating SCBA's. Our experience with you folks has been extremely helpful, strait-forward and painless.

Thanks again,

John Callaghan
Deputy Chief
Tonganoxie Fire Dept
Tonganoxie, KS
 

Hi Sarah,

Sorry for the delay, the Chief was away. Yes the fire department was funded $400,000 for breathing apparatus tanks, and a machine to fill the tanks! The Chief and Mayor are very pleased. Thank you very much for the invaluable assistance you and your organization provided, please feel free to contact me if you would like a letter from the Chief for your files.

Robert Pistone
Lieutenant
Haverhill Police Department
Haverhill, MA

If you have not already heard the Hopland Fire Protection District was awarded a AFG for a new fire engine in the amount of $285,000.0. I would like to thank you, Jerry Brant and the rest of your staff for the assistance you gave me to make this possible.

Thank you again,

John Bartlett
Chief
Hopland Fire Protection District
Mendocino, CA

Hi Sarah,

I have looked over the grant and submitted it. I personally want to thank you and your team for all the help in preparing the narratives and review of the whole grant. All we can do now is keep our fingers crossed even though I think we have a excellent application.. Again thanks for all your help.

Mark Sharp
Mexico Volunteer Fire Department
Mexico, NY

Thanks again.

Michael Pruitt, MPA, NREMT-P
Deputy Division Chief
Franklin County Public Safety
Rocky Mount, VA

Sarah,

We were funded and already have the tanker – very nice! Appreciate all the help!

Linda Mabb
Treasurer
Readstown Fire Dept
Readstown, WI

We just checked the AFG list and we were awarded nearly $52k! Thanks for all of your help with this. Now the REAL fun begins with trying to manage the grant.

Thank you,

Chad McNabb
Chief
Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
Murphy, NC

Jerry,

Last May I wrote to you, thanking you for your succinct advice - I was helping a nearby fire company write an AFG application in the 11th hour -- their 12 man Fire team needed ANSI class 3 turnout gear. Senator Mikulski's office called the department yesterday to let them know that they got 98% of their funding! I just wanted to thank you ever so much for helping us!

Thank you,

Marie Walker
Volunteer
Vigilant Hose Company
Emmitsburg, MD

Sarah,

Very Good News, the Polish American Fire Company was on the AFG 2009 list today! Thank You for all of your help.

Thank you,

John Lorah Jr.
President
Polish American Fire Company #4
Shenandoah, PA

Orr’s and Bailey Island Fire received a 2009 AFG award of $51,270 for 22 sets of turn out and 24 EMS jackets.  The service provided was a positive experience and resulted in a successful application.Thank you.

Thank you,

Ed Blain
Compliance Officer
Orr's and Bailey Island Fire and Rescue
Orr's Island, ME

Thanks again for helping us with the narrative, it definately made a difference. This was the 3rd time I had submitted a grant request for gear, I think it's safe to say you writing the narrative made the difference.

Thanks again for all the help, I'm sure I will be contacting you again in the near future.

Thank you,

Chuck Ruetten
Lt. / Fire Marshal
Jackson Fire Department
Jackson, WI

Good Morning Sarah,

We are ready to rock and roll!! 

I can’t express to you and Bryan how very much your assistance has helped me in completing this grant.  Getting these firefighters back will be such a great accomplishment!!  Having a small department like ours makes things like this very personal – they are my family. 

Thanks again for all of your help!

Bridgett K. Burkhart
Office Manager
Huntington Fire Department
Huntington, IN

 

Just a quick thank you to you and your staff for the work they did on the Firer Station Grant for Bristol Township. With the material I submitted your staff was able to assist me with the proper writing technique needed to prepare the grant. And I just might add, a successful grant. We were notified today that we were awarded $2.2 Million dollars for the construction of a new fire station for Bristol Township.

I like to think that together with the material submitted and the expert on your end, the project was a success.

Again I appreciate everything you and your company did for our department and we look forward to moving into our new home.

Sincerely,

Steve Craiger
Assistant Chief
Bristol Fire Department
Bristol, OH

I would like to let you know that the Atkinson Fire Protection District was awarded $ 1.3 million dollars for the construction of a new fire station. You helped us organized and think of additional information that the grant instructions wanted.  We appreciated the help you provided in writing the narrative in a precise and informative way. 

Thanks for the help,

Dan DeSmith
Atkinson Fire Protection District Trustee
Atkinson, IL