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April 19, 2022

New Resources to help with National Volunteer Week Outreach

National Volunteer Week, April 17-23, is a great time to let your community know your department needs more volunteers. New outreach materials are now available in the Make Me A Firefighter department portal to help with recruitment. Login or register for free and go to “Customize Campaign Materials” to access the new designs. In addition, […]

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March 31, 2022

Get Ready for National Volunteer Week

National Volunteer Week takes place April 17-23. This is a great time to not only recognize your department’s existing volunteers, but it is also an opportunity to let your community know you need more people to step up and serve. Find resources to help with volunteer recruitment through the NVFC’s Make Me A Firefighter campaign […]

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March 18, 2022

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer Assistant Chief

As a volunteer assistant fire chief, my job description is simple: Take care of the things that the chief shouldn’t be bothered with and ensure that he has the information he needs to properly manage the department. Though my job description is simple, the job itself is not. From tracking OSHA requirements to managing constant […]

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January 19, 2022

Volunteer Firefighter, Captain Leads and Inspires

SUNBURY — It was the burnt-out bedroom of a little girl in the mid-1990s that affected East End Fire Company Captain John Ferrari a great deal. While it wasn’t the moment he joined the fire company, Ferrari describes it as a turning point in his time as a volunteer firefighter in the city. The incident […]

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January 13, 2022

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 […]

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December 27, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight: Peter Shedd

Name: Peter Shedd Title: Fire Chief Department: Bernardston Fire Department Location: Bernardston, MA Why are you an NVFC member? Because the NVFC chair stopped by my station, sat down, and chatted with a few of my members and myself, and by time we got done, it was pretty clear that we were on the same […]

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