Fireman’s Contractors, Inc. First Franchisee Launch A Success

Dallas — Fireman’s Contractors, Inc. (FRCN), a commercial contractor offering franchises and commercial services in the pavement and parking lot maintenance industry, announced a successful launch of its first Fireman’s Contractors franchise – “Station 1.” The franchise was launched in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex and began operations on July 1, 2012. The company held an official ribbon cutting ceremony on July 14th, 2012, to commemorate the event.

Renee Gilmore, CEO of Fireman’s Contractors, stated: “It’s an exciting time for our Company as we are having tremendous interest shown by new potential franchisees. Launching of our first franchise has bred excitement and helped expose our franchise opportunity to other quality individuals and entrepreneurs. Mr. Fred Hermosillo, who has almost 20 years of experience in the pavement industry, seized the opportunity to own the first franchise, and we both are looking forward to Station 1 being a great success.”
 
Part of the support Fireman’s offers its new franchisees is representation at the AATC – AAGD Business Exchange Trade Show. This trade show has more than 200 executives from over 50 property management companies, and provides great opportunity to meet one-on-one with decision makers. The event will be held on August 16, 2012, at the Arlington Convention Center.

EO, Renee Gilmore continued by stating: “Since last year’s attendance at the AATC-AAGD Business Exchange, Fireman’s not only gained a lot of new customers, but repeat business is up from 36% to 60% this fiscal year.”
 
Fireman’s is also a member of the International Franchise Association (IFA), and a partner in the VetFran initiative, offering veterans financial incentives after they have returned home from serving our country. Fireman’s franchise development program provides training and support for new franchisees, including the Firebase™ software program aimed to assist the Company and its franchisees in expanding its market share by streamlining the contractor’s business management process.

Previously Fireman’s Contractors announced that it launched its Franchise Development Program after finalizing the Federal Disclosure Document required by the Federal Trade Commission. The Franchise Development Program aims to expand market share through franchise expansion. The Franchise Development Program is being lead by a team of highly successful experienced franchise development professionals which has successfully facilitated well over 7,000 franchise sales, and has close to 300 combined years of franchise industry experience