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Disaster responses: How to work with your community
It feels in recent months and years as if all areas of the U.S. are having more and more natural disasters. Here in the Northeast, we have just survived a major hurricane and a freak October snowstorm. It is times like this that a volunteer fire department becomes more of a community resource than just a fire department.
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Firefighter recruitment: How to go the extra mile
It is worth the effort to find ways to help others volunteer. We always need more volunteers – we just need to do the work to get them. On a single day this month, I received three requests from people wanting to volunteer. They are bashing down my door to join, but are they bashing down yours? If they are not, maybe there are some things you can do to make recruitment easier.
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Preplanning for firefighter grant season
It is that magical time of year again when departments start frantically working on their grant applications. Although the application date has not been announced yet for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), it is due very soon.
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Can volunteer departments do it all?
Over the years, many departments have changed from a fire department into a fire-rescue-EMS-hazmat-fire police-public service. As departments add more to their responsibilities, the result is "mission creep." In the end, departments end up responsible for just about any type of emergency (or non-emergency) the public may call for. Although it may seem helpful to take on any task presented to us, it is difficult to do everything well, and keep to your core mission.
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