Although recruitment and retention issues are present in many industries around the world, fire and emergency services agencies seem to be especially hard hit in the last few decades, putting communities at risk. Join the NVFC for this free webinar presented by Chief Debbie Carpenter to learn what has changed and what can be done […]
Recent Report highlights promising trend for Volunteer Firefighting Recruitment
There’s nothing like a good stat or trend to make you pause and think. So, when I looked at NFPA CEO Jim Pauley’s recent blog on Google Trends earlier this week and noticed deep in the report that “how to become a volunteer firefighter” hit breakout search engine status in the U.S. in November, my […]
How to create an incredible Firefighter Recruitment Video
As it becomes more challenging to attract firefighters into the fire service, it is important to focus on how we can market not only the fire service in general but also our own individual departments. There has traditionally been a lot of competition among departments to attract the best firefighters, and this has become even […]