You may never know the impact of your investing in young people, but one thing is for sure, what the outcomes may continue to be if we don’t try. A recent article out of Wisconsin highlights a high school fire ...
Read More »PRO-TIP: Focus
It’s a new year and a new opportunity to re-align our focus and our commitment to volunteer enlistment. This is the question I ask at the start of every presentation, class or simply conversations with others as passionate about the ...
Read More »Breaking It Down: New Member Announcement
Keeping with my theme of “Treat every public interaction as a public service, public education, public relations, AND a recruitment opportunity,” a new member announcement can have a positive impact on your recruitment and retention efforts. Young Blood: Newton Abbott ...
Read More »NEW RECRUITS: Buyer Beware!
In my recruitment and retention related conversations and classes, I ask the pointed question: “What takes longer, getting good people into your fire department — or getting the bad ones the heck out?” Almost everyone acknowledges the latter response with ...
Read More »Get Schooled on Recruiting High Schoolers
A recent online message from a firefighter friend prompted me to publish the recruitment insight I shared with him: Hey Tiger, I’m looking for help with our Recruitment and Retention Efforts . In the past few months we have lost ...
Read More »Recruiter/Trainer Dream Job
The Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department in Montgomery County MD is in search of the right candidate to fill a newly created position of Director of Operations. This busy suburban combination fire department needs someone to fit together several of the ...
Read More »Recruitment Video of the Week: Perry Hi-Way VFD
This week’s recruitment video review comes from Perry Hi-Way Volunteer Hose Co. in Erie PA. While the video is very professionally done, I’m concerned with any public outreach that leads with the message that our numbers are dwindling and the reasons people ...
Read More »Coordinated Attack!
If you vent too early, oxygen is introduced and the fire can grow. Put water on the fire without proper ventilation and the trapped heat converts the water to steam and everyone’s survivability is compromised. A coordinated attack is critical ...
Read More »NVFC Receives SAFER Grant for National Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Campaign
According to an NVFC.org press release, the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has been awarded a $2,390,479 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a national volunteer firefighter recruitment ...
Read More »CRACKING THE CODE: Xbox™ Firefighters 14/04.20
In his article for Fast Company magazine titled: “4 Tips To Help Millennials Find Meaningful Work“, Adam Smiley Poswolsky makes the argument that young people want to do work with purpose: “They call us the lazy generation, the entitled generation, and ...
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