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Wow! Great suggestions and you did the look up work for me! That was super nice of you! If I don't get this grant, I will definitely look into all your ideas! Have a great day! ------------------------------ Kait Meeker Colona IL ------------------ ... More
The grant I am applying for requires that the unit be shared with at least one other volunteer service. I am writing the grant and we have two other departments that are mutual aid with us as "collaborators" Because we are rural volunteer departments, ... More
Yes, definately! This grant requires at least two departments. We are in Illinois and have a "MABAS" system. Mutual Aid Box Alarm System of asset sharing. Helps a lot, since we are all rural, volunteer departments. Thank you for the suggestion ------------------------------ ... More
Our county fire academy would do annual FIT testing and gear testing but stopped about 8 years ago for a combination of funding and liability. Since we have been using OHD Quantfit machine which is user friendly and produces a print out for each firefighter ... More
