Fire-Rescue International

Kansas City Convention Center 301 W 13th St., Suite 100, Kansas City, MO, United States

Visit the NVFC at booth #1827.

Roundtable Talk: The Use of Social Media as a Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Tool

Recruitment and retention are ongoing challenges for many fire and EMS departments around the country. Departments are often in search of tips and easy-to-access tools that are effective and can improve both their staffing levels and culture overall. Has your department considered how social media can act as a tool for recruiting and retaining members?

FREE

Hazmat PIT Crew Train-the-Trainer

Pontotoc Community Center 112 E. Stateline Rd, Fulton, KY, United States

The following courses will be offered: Teaching Hazmat Basics Teaching Cargo Tank Awareness - MC 306 & DOT 406 Risk-Based Hazmat Training

FREE

Webinar: Distracted Driving — Personal and Professional Considerations

Distracted driving persists at epidemic levels despite the efforts of many national campaigns. Why haven’t we been able to significantly change driving behaviors? Perhaps it’s because we haven’t given drivers the right reasons to change. Responders are in peril every time they go to a crash scene because of distracted drivers. It is incumbent on

FREE

DVFA Conference

Chase Center 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, DE, United States

Webinar: Engineering the Future of Fire Culture – Sponsored by IDEX

Volunteer fire departments across the country are facing staffing, environmental, and cultural shifts. This means embracing change is more important than ever to ensure successful departments well into the future. This free webinar on September 13 at 2pm ET, presented by Jason Cerrano and Eric Skinner, will walk through how to identify change, gain perspective,

FREE

MSFDA Conference

Breezy Point Resort 9252 Breezy Point Drive, Breezy Point, MN, United States

The NVFC's GA Director, David Bullard, will present "Leadership Challenges in Today’s Volunteer Emergency Service Organizations" on June 15 at 1pm.

Old Forge Drill School

Old Forge Fire Department Old Forge, NY, United States

The NVFC will provide an Incident Safety Officer training.

NVFC Fall Board Meeting

The Otesaga Resort Hotel 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY, United States

Annual fall meeting of the NVFC board of directors.

R&R Coffee Talk with the Doc: Using Artificial Intelligence for R&R

Join NVFC deputy CEO Dr. Candice McDonald and Recruitment & Retention Committee chair Joel Cerny for an interactive 30-minute conversation on how to use free AI tools for recruitment and retention. Register.   This Coffee Talk is sponsored by Fire Department Coffee.

FREE