GRANT INFORMATION

We are active in the pursuit of grants, especially from the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant, Fire Prevention and Safety Grant and SAFER Grant under the Department of Homeland Security. For the past four years, we have actively applied and have been quite successful and were awarded once under the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant, and twice under the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant.

In 2003, our department was awarded $40,000 from the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant for the purchase of a Fire and Life Safety Trailer.

In 2004, our department was awarded $246,240.00 from the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant for the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus.

In 2005, our department was awarded $269,496.00 from the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant for the purchase of new fire hose, nozzles, water/foam appliances, foam generating equipment and foam concentrate.

In 2006, we applied again for the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant in the amount of $340,480.00 for the acquisition of a tanker/pumper combination vehicle. We were not awarded this round.

In 2007, we applied again for the Assistance to Firefighter's Act Grant in the amount of $261,434.00 to purchase and outfit all of our firefighters with structural firefighting protective clothing.

The purpose of these grants is to assist local fire departments in protecting citizens and firefighters against the effects of fire and fire-related incidents. Because the grant is open to thousands of fire departments and rescue squads throughout the nation, it is competitive. Basically, the more need you have, the more you need to paint a good picture and present it, the better your organization's chance of being awarded.

We know how important it is to help another department, as such are providing our grant narratives here on line for other departments to use. You will need adobe acrobat to view. The information we presented to you has been provided to help you understand why our department was awarded and to maybe give you some ideas. All we request is that you do not use the same format and plug in your information. If you would like to know the secret to writting a successful grant application, the best thing to do is write what you know and our compassionate about. I am sure that in your organization there is something that really troubles you, whether it is equipment, training, or something else that the grant can help you solve. If there is no passion in what you are writting and is supported, then it will reflect in your grant application. Our applications were submitted by Captain Jacob Brock and as you can see from the four, he has learned what to say and how to present it. We hope these three narratives will help you. Good luck.