How old do you have to be to volunteer at fire department?

How can I find a grant for a volunteer fire department?

• One of our local volunteer fire departments in the county lost their firehouse & much of their fire-fighting equipment in the recent tornado that hit their community. We are looking into grants that would be available for rebuilding their firehouse and replacing equipment for fire & rescue. The community was hard hit by the tornado and we need the firehouse to be present in this area, as it covers roughing 65 square miles and a population of roughing 800 people, with the next nearest volunteer fire dept. several miles away.

• Answer:

  Rather than worrying about grants, are you doing billing? I work for www.revenue-rescue.com, and what we do is recover the response costs for fire departments. Our collection rate is about 29 cents on the dollar being recovered for fire departments, which is about half the EMS billing collection rates, but still a more efficient use of the department's time and efforts resources than grantwriting, and certainly a great complement to any alternative sources of funding. Feel free to drop me an e-mail at [email protected] for additional info.