Assistance to Firefighter (AFG) Grant Awards

“Michelle kept us on-task while remaining flexible when we were slammed-with-calls and couldn’t meet promises. It’s great to work with someone who gets-it (and who has landed us several grants).”

- Barb Davis, EMT & Business Manager, Grant County Fire District #8, Mattawa

"Michelle helped us build a forward-thinking plan that ultimately enabled us to build two new fire stations, get new apparatus & equipment, recruit 25 new volunteer and resident firefighters and hire 4 new career firefighters."

- Don Fortier, Fire Chief, (retired) Grant County Fire District #3, Quincy

“Michelle enabled and enhanced our ability to plan for our big picture future needs. Her attention to detail, insightful guidance, and ability to mine out the best stories, empowered our department to receive $2 million in grant awards (with another $1.2 million in grants pending). But most importantly the safety of our community and emergency personnel have been greatly improved.”

- Michael S. Kytta, Fire Chief, Riverside Fire Authority, Centralia

“Michelle is diligent, resourceful and creative. She makes sure that I have the appropriate amount of work on my plate for the grant, so I don’t get overloaded. If there is an obstacle that presents itself, she finds a way around it. And she has an uncanny ability to convert “fire talk” into layman language as evidence by the $1 million SAFER hiring grant we landed!”

- Dave Baker, Fire Chief (retired), Douglas County Fire District #2, East Wenatchee

“It was my pleasure to get to know and work with Michelle, who went above and beyond to assist the Town of Concrete in receiving $1,000,000.00 in CDBG funds and an $875,000 legislative appropriation for the construction of a much needed new Fire and Life Safety Building.”

- Judd Wilson, Mayor (former) Town of Concrete

“After several unsuccessful attempts at writing our own grant, we were introduced to Michelle. She took what had been a very painful process and turned it in to something interesting. Her enthusiasm and confidence from Day 1 made me believe we would be successful in landing our Pumper Tender and Fire Station grants."

- Doug Fosburg, Fire Chief, Lewis County Fire District #3, Mossyrock

“Michelle challenged us to think about our Fire District, and how others see us,  in a different way.  This has been extremely valuable not only in pursuit of grant opportunities but also how we interact with our citizens.  Michelle is a pleasure to work with and has an unrivaled ability to quickly understand the agency she is working with”.

- Lonnie Rash, Fire Chief, Spokane County Fire District #8, Valleyford

"Michelle was a ‘big hit’ with the seminar participants! Her thorough preparation and attention to detail, combined with her excellent delivery of the course content was very impressive."

- Roger Ferris, Washington Fire Commissioners Association, Olympia