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Make Me A Firefighter
The NVFC has launched a national volunteer firefighter and EMS recruitment campaign to help departments reach new members. Register for free to post volunteer opportunities and access recruitment materials and resources.
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Spanish Version – What to Expect: A Guide for New Firefighter Families (Second Edition)
Tags: Behavioral Health
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
This guide is designed for spouses, children, parents, siblings, and significant others of volunteer and paid-on-call responders. Joining the fire service affects the entire family, and having family support is crucial for a responder’s well-being and retention.
What to Expect: A Guide for New Firefighter Families (Second Edition)
Tags: Behavioral Health
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
This guide is designed for spouses, children, parents, siblings, and significant others of volunteer and paid-on-call responders. Printed copies are available in the NVFC store; order up to 10 copies for just the cost of shipping, while supplies last.
Volunteer Fire Service Culture: Essential Strategies for Success
Tags: Behavioral Health, Cancer, Equipment and Gear, Heart Health, Safety Culture, Traffic Incident Management, Vehicle Safety
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
This textbook is designed to train department personnel and leaders about key issues relating to fire service health and safety and how to embrace safe and healthy practices in all areas of fire department operations and culture.
Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
The U.S. Fire Administration, in partnership with the NVFC, released this manual to help equip volunteer fire and EMS departments with the necessary tools, strategies, and insights to overcome recruitment obstacles and retain their valuable volunteers.
What to Ask an Attorney
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
To supplement the Fire Service Discrimination and Harassment Toolkit, Women in Fire asked attorney Alisa Arnoff what types of questions a firefighter or medic may want to ask an attorney before hiring them for representation in connection with a claim of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. Here is her list.
Fire Service Discrimination & Harassment Toolkit
Resource Type: Guide/Tools
This resource aims to help both volunteer and career first responders prevent, identify, and respond to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace.
