Recruiting and Retaining: The Future of Volunteer Fire Departments

Firehouse and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have teamed up to bring you Recruiting & Retaining: The Future of Volunteer Fire Departments. In this supplement, readers will learn about:

• Research into prospective volunteers
• Issues facing small-town fire departments
• How to connect with the broader fire service
• Ways to focus on recruitment, retention and replacement
• Departments that have had success with recruitment by thinking outside-the-box 

Special thanks to the NVFC and sponsors for making this important project come to life.