Archive for November2011

@FireRECRUITER: Rise to the challenge
November 29, 2011 | Administration & Leadership, All Blogs, Command & Leadership, Funding & Staffing, Public Relations, Public Relations, R&R Toolkits, R&R Toolkits, Videos | tiger | No Comments
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An article recently posted to FirefighterNation.com outlines the challenges faced by volunteer fire departments in Pennsylvania in recruiting and retaining their members. Although these types of articles are becoming all too frequent, this one in particular is better than most in that it focuses on the positives of being a volunteer firefighter — not all […]

Tremendous Loss of a Talented Storyteller
November 9, 2011 | Administration & Leadership, All Blogs, fire, Fire Prevention & Education, Hot Topics, News, Public Relations, Training & Development, Videos | tiger | No Comments

Although I never had the opportunity to meet or speak with the man, I was "in his presence" on a few short occasions and was always impressed by his talented writing abilities. Today we mourn the loss of fire service and news world leader: Hal Bruno.

Impact of the Digital Age on Recruitment and Retention
November 1, 2011 | Administration & Leadership, All Blogs, Fire Prevention & Education, Funding & Staffing, Public Relations, R&R Toolkits, Technology & Communications, technology-communications-ems-topics, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics | tiger | No Comments
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The world is changing rapidly and the fire service is getting caught up in the tornado effect of technology on our society. More and more fire departments are smartly using web sites, e-mail and social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter to recruit new firefighters and to stay connected to their community. There isn't much you […]