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Bennett J. Grove II is a Fire Dawg.
Bennett J. Grove II is a Fire Dawg.
He was a military firefighter in the Air Force for six years and when he founded Fire Dawgs Junk Removal in 2001, he named his company after the term awarded to military firefighters and graduate from the Department of Defense Fire Academy.
The firefighter and veteran-owned company has grown in 23 years to include service to Fort Wayne, Muncie, Bloomington, and Lafayette in addition to its home base in Indianapolis. The company has grown to 51 employees in Central Indiana and for the third time and third consecutive year it has earned a Top Workplaces ranking.
What is different about this year for Fire Dawgs Junk Removal is it is the winner of Top Workplaces’ new Social Responsibility Award.
The award is the result of a Top Workplaces survey question where employees are asked about the statement, “My employer is socially responsible in the community.’’ The employees’ reactions are graded on a seven-point scale. The social responsibility question does not factor into overall scoring or ranking. It has no impact on whether a company is named a Top Workplace.
Fire Dawgs Junk Removal offers a year-round discount to veterans, service members, firefighters, police officers, EMS, nurses, and teachers. Last November, they donated 100% of money raised on Nov. 19 in the Indianapolis and Pendelton areas to Wheeler Mission.
Besides charitable donations, Fire Dawgs Junk Removal is conscious of the environment. The company recycles, donates, or reuses at least 60% of the items it removes for customers.
The company places an emphasis on the customer’s experience and eco-friendly junk removal. In fact, excellence in what they do is one of Fire Dawgs Junk Removal’s four core values. Those core values spell out the acronym FIRE. F- Family first. I – Integrity Driven. R – Resilient. E – Excellence in what we do.
Leadership is a big part of the Fire Dawgs Junk Removal experience for employees. The company stresses that leadership can be learned and isn’t specific to a personality type. Growing leaders is one of the goals of Fire Dawgs. Employees are promised if they leave the company that they will be better than when they came. The emphasis on leadership and time allowed for pursuing personal and professional growth is the means for the company to keep this promise to their employees.
Leadership is a big part of the Fire Dawgs Junk Removal experience for employees. The company stresses that leadership can be learned and isn’t specific to a personality type. Growing leaders is one of the goals of Fire Dawgs. Employees are promised if they leave the company that they will be better than when they came. The emphasis on leadership and time allowed for pursuing personal and professional growth is the means for the company to keep this promise to their employees.
Employees said Fire Dawgs Junk Removal ‘’not only gives us the path to grow, but the tools to do it.’’
Bottom Line
• Founded: 2001
• Headquarters: Indianapolis
• Company profile: Fire Dawgs Junk Removal provides junk hauling, clean outs, demolition, labor only moving help, hot tub removal, shed tear downs, swing set removal, deck removal, brush removal, TV and appliance recycling and much more.
• Locations: 1
• Number of employees: 51
• Website: https://www.firedawgsjunkremoval.com/
