Don’t Start Your AFG Application
Without This Course
Get Your Firefighter Grant Ready in One Day,
Taught by Consultants with an 80%+ Success Rate for $249 per student
Online and In-Person sessions available for our AFG Crash Course, updated for this year’s program!
Upcoming 1-Day Trainings
Date: Apr. 16, 2026
Location: In-Person Nationwide
Details: Hosted by public safety organizations nationwide. Led by an experienced Grants Consultant with a background in Public Safety
Cost: $249
Date: Nov. 20, 2025
Location: Online Via Zoom
Details: Travel or other costs not included and are the responsibility of the student. Payment or arrangement for payment must be made by 3 days before class date.
Cost: $249
Date: Dec. 16, 2025
Location: Online Via Zoom
Details: Travel or other costs not included and are the responsibility of the student. Payment or arrangement for payment must be made by 3 days before class date.
Cost: $249
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Proven Results Speak Louder Than Promises
+80% Success Rate at Winning Grant Awards!
$270K AFG fire truck grant replaces 1977 apparatus
“Greg’s knowledge of the AFG program, his experience with previous successful grant applications, and his attention to detail ensured our application captured our department’s need for federal funding.”
– Aaron Leonard, Lieutenant
Vice President, Board of Directors, Newark VT Volunteer Fire Department
$20K+ AFG fire equipment grant
“We were successful in FY2020, with not only a SAFER Grant for 8 firefighters ($2.6 million), but we were also awarded an AFG Grant for equipment replacement for $20K plus. If you have been trying and have been unsuccessful, my recommendation is to contact First Responder Grants.”
– Chief Jeff Rowe
Kennebunk Fire Rescue, Kennebunk, Maine
Your AFG 2025 Success Checklist
Attending this one-day crash course is the proven fastest way to ensure your application is competitive for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). We focus exclusively on the specific criteria and priorities for this year’s funding cycle.
| ✅ | Nail Your Narrative. | Learn the exact structure and compelling language that top-scoring applications use to convince AFG peer reviewers. |
| ✅ | Justify Your Equipment Needs. | Master the art of using the right data and statistics to clearly connect your department’s need to the grant’s federal priorities. |
| ✅ | Avoid Common Application Red Flags. | Get insider insights into the small, non-compliant mistakes that cause 75% of applications to be automatically rejected. |
| ✅ | Confidently Navigate FEMA GO & SAM.gov. | Eliminate pre-application stress by understanding how to input data, upload documents, and manage your agency profile flawlessly. |
| ✅ | Learn The Strategy Behind Our 80%+ Success Rate. | Get exclusive, experience-based insights from a former grant reviewer who knows precisely what successful applications share. |
Why Choose First Responder Grants?
We turn first responders into grant writers who get funded.
- Public Safety Focused: Our consultants have real-world public safety backgrounds—we speak your language, not “grant-speak.”
- The Funding Scope: Over $3 Billion has been awarded through the AFG program since 1998. This training shows you how to secure your agency’s share.
Registration Details
- Discounts: Training graduates receive exclusive discounts on our full-service grant writing, editing, and consulting services.
- Cost: $249 per student for all sessions.
- Payment: Full payment is required at least 3 days before the class date.
- Handouts: Digital handouts will be emailed approximately one week prior to the course. Please print and bring them with you.
- Flexibility: If you are unable to attend, we will transfer your registration to any other available class or live online training.
Training Terms & Conditions
First Responder Grants is very sensitive to the budgetary constraints necessary for our clientele, and it has always been our goal to maintain our tuition costs at an absolute minimum. We have been able to achieve this goal through adoption of certain policies and procedures.
Cost to attend is $249 per student. All other costs, such as but not limited to travel expenses, are the responsibility of the student.
Full payment is due at least 10 days before your training, or if you registered less than 10 days from the start of training, by the day before training begins.
Handouts
Approximately one week prior to your scheduled training you will receive, via email, an electronic file of the handouts that will be used during the training.
Handouts are generally in PDF or MS-Word.doc file format. You are responsible for printing those handouts and bringing them with you to the training, as there will not be printed handouts at the training.
If you do not receive that email with handout files, within 3 days prior to your scheduled training, please contact the scheduled instructor via email or phone to arrange having them sent to you.
This saves us considerable shipping and printing costs.
Hosted at Public Safety Agencies
Our training is “hosted” by other public safety agencies to avoid incurring “venue rental costs”. This holds down travel expenses for our students by being presented regionally.
Sometimes local demands or unforeseen problems force an agency to cancel their scheduled training.
Minimum Number of Students
Due to economic considerations, training is scheduled contingent upon a minimum number of students (15) being pre-registered to attend. Occasionally, an agency is unable to achieve that goal.
Therefore, 30 days prior to any scheduled event, if the agency has been unable to recruit the minimum number of attendees, they have the option of rescheduling their training to a future date to continue to recruit students, or they may choose to cancel the training. This option is entirely the agency’s choice and is beyond the control of First Responder Grants.
We would caution students that if they must book non-refundable air travel or hotel reservations that they NOT do so until within the 30-day window before their training and after first checking with us to be certain that the training has been “locked in” for the date shown. First Responder Grants will not be responsible for and is unable to refund individual travel costs of any kind.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Full payment is required before or on the first day of class. If you are unable to attend training, First Responder Grants will transfer your registration to any other in-person class or live online training. If First Responder Grants cancels training, you may transfer your registration or request a full refund. Any refunds paid by credit card are refunded minus fees charged to First Responder Grants.
Questions?
Mail:
First Responder Grants, LLC
237 N. Brooks St.
Manning, SC 29102
Phone:
540-230-8440
Email:
[email protected]