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 »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 »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 »Be a hero, save lives, join LVAC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrWC9fNAvnU Great job by the Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps (LVAC) in producing this professional video demonstrating their capabilities and dedication to the community, just in time to celebrate their 60th anniversary of service to the Town of Lancaster and Village ...
Read More »The Hiring Pool is Open – Leland NC
Advertisement for Hiring Pool Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department, Inc. is accepting applications for our 2013 hiring pool. This pool of applicants will be used to fill any part-time or full-time hiring that the department may need for 2013. Once the ...
Read More »Loudon County VA Hiring
Loudoun County VA has posted a paid Firefighter/EMT recruitment to their website at: www.loudoun.gov. FIREFIGHTER/EMT Recruitment #13-F136-322 Date Opened: 12/18/2012 8:00:00 AM Closing Date: 1/2/2013 5:00:00 PM Hiring Range: $40,925 Department: FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE Job Type: Open and Competitive Full/Part-Time: ...
Read More »Draft Choices
Volunteer fire departments, whether they realize it or not, compete for recruits. Sometimes with other volunteer fire departments but most often with a busy home life, other community organizations, volunteering opportunities and a wide array of social activities. What if ...
Read More »NVFC Launches new Junior Firefighter Recruitment Video
The National Volunteer Fire Council has launched a new recruitment video aimed at attracting young people to the volunteer fire service. Funded by a grant from Tyco, the video shares testimonials from several existing junior firefighters, leveraging the power of ...
Read More »Are You Ready to RecruitNY?
SHARED COURTESY OF FASNY and Nell Killoran, Senior Editor, The Volunteer Firefighter [www.FASNY.com and www.abcideabased.com] Images created or modified by FireRECRUITER.com Recruiting and retaining manpower is one of the greatest challenges, if not the greatest challenge, we face in the volunteer ...
Read More »Video Killed the Recruitment Star
OK, maybe that’s not how the song goes, but I have to thank my good friend Bill Schumm over at FireGeezer.com for doing my FireRECRUITER work for me. In his February 17th Morning Lineup features (and updated on February 20th), he discusses and ...
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