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National Response Group Building the national response platform

When everything falls apart, your people show up. We're building the company behind them.

National Response Group partners with the businesses that answer the call — the medical transport crews, firefighters, water tenders, and base-camp operators who run toward the disaster. We're not here to flip what you built or strip it for parts. We're here to carry it forward on a national platform — whether you want to keep leading it or step away knowing it's in good hands.

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6+
Response sectors we back
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Not a typical PE buyer — a partner
100%
Operator-led, operator-owned
1
National platform, coast to coast
01Who we are

We're operators building a company of companies for the disaster response industry.

The disaster response field is full of remarkable businesses that almost no one hears about. A family-run air tanker outfit. A medical transport company that has moved patients through three wildfire seasons without a miss. A crew that can stand up power, water, showers, and hot food for a thousand workers in a burned-out valley within 48 hours.

These companies are built on decades of relationships, hard-won certifications, and a reputation that shows up before the trucks do. They deserve a partner who understands that — not a spreadsheet that treats the reputation as a line item and the crew as an expense.

That's why we built National Response Group. We're assembling these companies into one national platform so that the next time the worst day arrives, the response is faster, deeper, and everywhere it needs to be. We fund operators who want to give their communities more — not owners who want to give them less.

"The best businesses in this industry were built by people who've worn the gear. We think they should be bought by people who have too."
— The founding principle of NRG
02What we back

We back the whole fight — before, during, and after the disaster.

We partner with proven, profitable companies across the full disaster lifecycle: the mitigation crews that reduce the threat before it arrives, the responders who meet it head-on, and the operators who sustain the recovery. If your work protects communities or the people who defend them, we want to know you — including specialties not listed here.

Before

Mitigate
& Prepare

Reduce the threat before it arrives — and be ready for the one that does.

Wildfire mitigation Flood control Storm hardening Preparedness
During

Respond

Meet the disaster head-on and hold the line for the community.

Ground & aerial firefighting Mission-specific equipment Medical transport
After

Sustain
& Recover

Keep responders fed, housed, and supplied — then help rebuild.

Base camp & mass care Equipment & logistics Recovery
Recovery feeds the next round of mitigation. The cycle never stops — and we back companies at every stage of it.
Before disaster strikes — mitigation & preparedness
M1
Wildfire Mitigation
& Fuels Management
The work that happens before the spark — cutting fuel loads and hardening the landscape so fires start smaller and move slower.Fuels reduction · defensible space · vegetation management · prescribed-burn support · fire hardening
M2
Flood Mitigation
& Water Control
Keeping water where it belongs. Drainage, control structures, and shoreline defense that blunt a flood before it reaches the door.Stormwater & drainage · levees & floodwalls · erosion & shoreline control · pumps & culverts
M3
Hurricane &
Storm Hardening
Preparing structures and systems to take the hit — hardening, clearance, and resilience work done ahead of the storm.Structural hardening · coastal protection · tree & line clearance · backup-power readiness
When disaster strikes — response, sustainment & recovery
S1
Inter-facility
Medical Transport
Ground and specialty patient transport that keeps moving when the system is overwhelmed — surge, evacuation, and critical-care movement between facilities.Non-emergency & critical-care transport · evac support · fixed-base & contract fleets
S2
Private & Contract
Firefighting
Ground fire suppression, structure protection, and fuels crews that supplement public agencies on the line and behind it.Engine crews · hand crews · fuels mitigation · insurer & agency contracts
S3
Aerial
Firefighting
Fixed-wing and rotor operators delivering retardant, water, and crews from the air — the assets that turn a fire before it turns a town.Air tankers · helitack · aerial supervision · flight ops & maintenance
S4
Mission Specific
Equipment Rental
The mission-specific apparatus and gear a disaster demands, on rental terms — from water tenders and pumps to generators, light towers, and support fleet, staged where they're needed.Water tenders · pumps · generators & light towers · specialized apparatus & fleet
S5
Base Camp &
Mass Care
The companies that house, feed, and sustain the responders and displaced workforce — temporary power, water, shelter, sanitation, and food at scale.Mobile base camps · catering · potable water · showers & laundry · temporary power
S6
Equipment &
Logistics Supply
The suppliers and logistics operators who put the right equipment into the disaster area on time — the backbone every other sector depends on.Equipment rental & supply · fuel & fleet logistics · staging & deployment
Behind every crew — training & readiness
T1
Training &
Education
The schools and programs that make these professionals — certifying, credentialing, and sharpening the people every other sector depends on.Fire academies · EMT & paramedic training · pilot & aerial programs · safety & compliance certification

Don't see your exact specialty? Reach out anyway. If your company helps protect communities before, during, or after a disaster, it likely fits our thesis.

03How it works together

Every company is one layer of the same defense.

No single operator stops a disaster alone. Mitigation cuts the threat down before it arrives, responders meet what's left head-on, and sustainment keeps those responders in the fight — layer by layer, the hazard is absorbed before it reaches the community. When we bring these companies under one roof, the whole system gets stronger.

THE THREAT ARRIVES WILDFIRE FLOOD HURRICANE LAYER 1 · MITIGATION Cuts the hazard down before it ever reaches the line. Wildfire fuels reduction · flood & water control · storm hardening LAYER 2 · RESPONSE Meets the hazard head-on to keep it off the community. Private, contract & aerial firefighting LAYER 3 · MEDICAL & SUSTAINMENT Moves the injured; keeps responders fed, housed & supplied. Medical transport · base camp & mass care · equipment & logistics COMMUNITIES — PROTECTED Homes, businesses, and the people who live there. EVERY LAYER IS A COMPANY NRG BACKS

Read top to bottom: the threat is absorbed layer by layer. Mitigation shrinks it, the line meets it, and sustainment keeps responders standing — so the community stays protected. NRG backs companies in every layer.

Seen another way, these companies aren't a stack — they're a circle. Each one strengthens the others, and all of them turn around the same center: the communities and first responders they exist to protect.

COMMUNITIES & FIRST RESPONDERS MITIGATION GROUND & AERIAL FIREFIGHTING MISSION-SPECIFIC EQUIP. RENTAL MEDICAL TRANSPORT BASE CAMP & MASS CARE EQUIPMENT & LOGISTICS TRAINING & EDUCATION

Seven sectors, one connected system. Mitigation, firefighting, mission-specific equipment, medical transport, base camp, logistics, and the training behind them all operate in tandem — and NRG is the platform that ties them together.

04Our promise to sellers

Three commitments we make to every founder we partner with.

Commitment 01

Partnership,
not a takeover

We partner to build, not to flip — real partnership structures and a genuine share of the upside as we grow it together. Want to keep leading? You keep a seat at the table, because you know this business better than we ever will. Ready to step away? We make the handoff clean and carry it forward to the standard you set. Stay or go — that's your call, not ours.

Commitment 02

Stewards
of a legacy

Your name over the door means something to the crews, the customers, and the community. We protect it. We keep the people who made the company what it is, honor the commitments you've made, and treat the culture you built as an asset worth defending — because it is.

Commitment 03

A reputation
we won't spend

In this industry, reputation is earned over decades and lost in a single bad call. We understand that a national platform is only as strong as the trust behind each company in it. We hold the standard you set — and we back it with the resources of a growing national footprint.

The deal we offer

A fair price, a clean process, and a promise we intend to keep: the company you spent a career building will be in better hands, serving more people, for longer — with your legacy intact. Where a founder is ready to deepen what they give their community, we're the partner with the capital and the patience to back it.

National Response Group · Partner of choice for disaster response
05How a partnership works

From first call to close — four steps, no surprises.

This isn't a PE auction. It's a straight conversation between operators that ends with what you built as part of something national — with you as involved, or as free, as you want to be. Here's exactly how it goes.

01

First conversation

A confidential call — no banker required, no obligation. You tell us about what you've built. We mostly listen.

02

An honest look

We get to know the business and agree on a fair value. Respectful, light-touch diligence — we won't tie up your team for months.

03

Structure the partnership

We build terms around you: how much you sell, whether you stay on or step away, and what your role — if any — looks like going forward.

04

Close & grow together

Your company joins the national platform and plugs into shared resources — and it keeps serving long after, whether you're still at the helm or already onto what's next.

The point

Stay and keep building, or step away for good — either way, what you built joins something bigger and keeps protecting the people who count on it.

06Founder Services

You built it. We keep it standing — whether you stay at the helm or step away.

The founders who built this industry didn't do it with a corporate playbook — they did it with grit, relationships, and a reputation earned one call at a time. Whether you want to keep leading or hand the wheel to a team we build around your people, the platform behind the company is the same: everything that isn't the work, handled — so the business you built only gets stronger.

Stay in — or step away

Some founders want to keep building, and there's a real seat at the table for them: a hand in the standards we hold, the companies we welcome next, and the way we grow. Others are ready to hand off the keys for good. Either way, your people and your name are protected, and the company keeps running to the standard you set. That choice is yours — and only yours.

What comes with the platform
01

People & Recruiting

Sourcing and keeping the crews, technicians, EMTs, and pilots this work demands — with training pipelines that don't run dry when you need people most.

02

Safety, Licensing & Compliance

Certifications current, standards high, audits handled. The paperwork that protects your reputation, taken off your desk and done right.

03

Finance & Back Office

Accounting, payroll, and clean reporting — plus the capital and options to say yes to the next contract, the next crew, and a deeper commitment to the communities you serve.

04

Fleet, Equipment & Purchasing

National buying power on trucks, gear, parts, fuel, and insurance — the pricing a single operator can never get alone.

05

Growth & Business Development

National contracts, cross-region deployment, and new customers routed to the crews best placed to serve them — work you couldn't chase on your own.

06

Technology & Systems

Dispatch, telematics, dashboards, and modern tools — without a six-figure IT project or a team you have to hire and manage yourself.

07Why NRG

We've worn the gear. That changes how we partner.

Our team includes EMTs, firefighters, and active first responders — people who have stood on the fire line and ridden in the back of the truck. We don't approach this industry as tourists looking for a return. We approach it as operators who know exactly what your crews carry.

That background isn't a marketing line. It's how we underwrite, how we diligence, and how we show up in the room. When we ask about your certifications, your mutual-aid relationships, or how your people hold up in a fourteen-hour shift, we're asking because we understand why it matters.

  • 01 Operator credibilityFounders who have served in fire and EMS. We speak the language of the line, not just the balance sheet.
  • 02 A real platform, not a holding penShared resources, national contracts, back-office support, and capital to grow — so your company gets stronger, serves more, and stands taller inside NRG, not sidelined.
  • 03 Certainty and discretionWe move with purpose, keep conversations confidential, and don't waste a founder's time with a process that goes nowhere.
  • 04 Built to hold, built to growWe're building a durable national response company — not a short-hold trade. Your legacy lives inside something meant to last.
08National footprint

One company, ready wherever the next disaster lands.

Disasters don't respect state lines, and neither should the response. We're building a coast-to-coast platform so that a founder in California, Colorado, or the Carolinas can plug into national scale — shared assets, cross-region deployment, and the purchasing power that comes with a single, well-run company behind many local operators.

Coast·to·Coast
A national platform in active build-out
6+
Response sectors, one integrated company
Local.
Every company keeps its crews, name, and community
09Are we a fit?

If this sounds like your company, we should talk.

We're likely a fit if you

  • →Run a healthy, profitable disaster response, recovery, or mitigation business
  • →Have durable customer relationships and a reputation you'd protect at any cost
  • →Want your people, your name, and your standards to carry forward
  • →Are ready for a transition — full or partial, staying on or stepping away entirely

What a partnership can give you

  • →A fair valuation and a clean, confidential process
  • →Cash at close — with the option to keep a stake and share in the upside if you want it
  • →National scale, shared resources, and growth capital behind you
  • →A steward who will guard the legacy you spent a career building

Not sure you fit the profile? The disaster response field is wider than any list. If your company supports the response chain, reach out — the conversation is confidential and there's no obligation.

10Common questions

Questions founders ask us.

What kinds of companies does National Response Group partner with?
We partner with proven, profitable businesses across the disaster response lifecycle — wildfire, flood, and storm mitigation; private, contract, and aerial firefighting; inter-facility medical transport; mission-specific equipment rental; base camp and mass care; equipment and logistics; and the training and education behind them. If your work helps protect communities before, during, or after a disaster, we'd like to talk — including specialties not on that list.
Do I have to stay and run the business, or can I step away?
Your call, entirely. Some founders want to keep leading and stay in the fight, and there's a real seat at the table for them. Others are ready to hand off the keys for good. Either way, we structure the transition around what you want — full or partial, staying on or stepping away — and we protect your people and your name regardless.
What happens to my employees?
They're the reason the company is worth partnering with, so we keep them. We honor the commitments you've made, protect the culture you built, and put the resources of a national platform behind your crews. We're not in the business of gutting the teams that made these companies work.
What happens to my company's name and brand?
We protect it. In this industry the name over the door is a reputation earned over decades, and it means something to your crews, your customers, and your community. We treat it as an asset worth defending — not a line item to retire.
How do you value my business?
We look at the real economics of the business and agree on a fair price through a clean, respectful process — no drawn-out auction and no games. We'll be straight with you about what we see and why, early in the conversation.
What does the process look like, from first call to close?
Four steps: a confidential first conversation, an honest look at the business with light-touch diligence, a partnership structured around what you want, and a close — after which your company plugs into the platform and keeps serving. We move with purpose and won't tie your team up for months.
Is my inquiry confidential?
Yes. Every conversation is confidential, and it starts as a conversation, not a pitch. There's no obligation, and nothing is shared without your say-so.
Do I need a banker or advisor to talk to you?
No. Plenty of founders reach out directly, and we're glad to talk with or without an advisor. If you're already working with a banker or broker, we'll work with them too and respect that relationship.
What size company do you partner with?
We're flexible on size. We care more about a healthy, profitable business with durable relationships and a protected reputation than about hitting a specific revenue or earnings threshold. If you're not sure whether you fit, reach out and ask.
What parts of the country do you cover?
We're building a national platform across North America, and we partner with strong operators wherever they've built disaster response, recovery, and mitigation businesses.
Can I share in the upside after I partner with you?
If you want to. You can take cash at close and step away cleanly, or keep a stake and share in the upside as the platform grows. It's built around what you want, not a one-size template.
What makes National Response Group different from other buyers?
Our team includes EMTs, firefighters, and active first responders — people who've stood on the fire line and ridden in the back of the truck. We underwrite and show up as operators who understand what your crews carry, not tourists looking for a return.
Is National Response Group the same as National Response Corporation?
No. National Response Group is an independent company focused on partnering with disaster response, recovery, and mitigation businesses. We are not affiliated with National Response Corporation (NRC), the environmental and oil-spill response firm.
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Let's talk about what comes next for your company.

Every conversation is confidential, and it starts as a conversation — not a pitch. You tell us about what you've built; we'll give you an honest read on whether we're the right home for it. Reach the right person directly:

Founders & owners founders@nationalresponsegroup.com Join a member company careers@nationalresponsegroup.com General & media info@nationalresponsegroup.com