Guam - Hoping to help the Guam Fire Department out of financial shortfall, Vice-Speaker B.J. Cruz sent a letter to Fire Chief Dave Peredo reminding him about that the deadline to apply for the staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant is this Friday.

Cruz states that the Grant was created to provide funding to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to increase the number of trained frontline personnel.

GFD has until September 17 at 5pm Eastern Standard Time to submit its application.