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Brandon Johnson

Brandon Johnson is a managing Director of Valence Group, LLC. Brandon is the assistant director and toxmedic coordinator for the Northern Kentucky Regional WMD/Hazmat Response Team, a firefighter/paramedic with the Hebron Fire Protection District in Kentucky and a paramedic instructor with the University of Cincinnati Paramedic Education Program. He has 17 years of fire and EMS experience. He also enjoys speaking at fire/EMS conferences on a variety of topics, including fire and EMS grant funding, CBRNE preparedness and hazardous materials medical operations.

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Shake the Money Tree

Hundreds of grant programs can help you fund CO monitoring equipment.


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A Method to the Madness

Five simple steps can take the frustration out of the grant application process.


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Is It on the List?

A fair amount of confusion shrouds the Authorized Equipment List (AEL) and the Standardized Equipment List (SEL) for grants. What exactly are these two lists, and what is their combined purpose?


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What Not to Do

The most common reason grant applications are denied is probably the same reason your home gym doesn’t work correctly.


Sample Narrative

This sample narrative portion of a grant application serves as a good example of what information to include and how to organize the narrative.


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