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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s time to retire the Words ‘Career’ and ‘Volunteer’ from Fire Service Nomenclature
It’s time to retire two words that we have used for decades to delineate firefighters – volunteer and career. Why do we need them? NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter […]