Download or read book Erie County Volunteer Fire Fighter Recruitment and Retention Program written by New York Department of Emergency Services Erie County and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Erie County Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Program written by Dennis T. Gorski and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters in Erie County New York written by Mark F. Mallick and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteer fire departments across the country have been feeling the effects of declining membership. Less and less people are joining volunteer fire departments and many experienced members are leaving. This trend is also being experienced by a number of volunteer fire departments located in Erie County, New York, based on a recent survey conducted by the Erie County Volunteer Firemen's Association. The purpose of this paper was to determine what could be done to recruit new volunteers and what could be done to retain current volunteers. An action research method was selected in order to gather sufficient information regarding the volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention programs from across the country. These programs were analyzed to decide which, if any, would be applicable in Erie County. In researching numerous articles and reports, it became apparent that the problem of diminishing volunteers was widespread. A number of fire departments have realized that in order to remain in existence, they must aggressively recruit new members and become more aware of members' needs to retain those members. A number of creative recruitment and retention programs in use across the country were evaluated. From those programs, a number were selected to be implemented in the Erie County Fire Service, some with only minor modifications. Essentially, Erie County's recruitment and retention programs must become very aggressive in order to provide quality fire protection and emergency medical services to the county residents, or face the consequences of having to drastically increase taxes to subsidize a career fire department.
Download or read book Erie County Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention written by Erie County, NY. Department of Emergency Services and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters written by Jason Decremer and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of active volunteer firefighters has been steadily dropping in the state of Connecticut for several years. At the same time, the number of public service calls for fire departments has been on the rise. This problem impacts fire protection and municipalities that rely on volunteer fire departments. The purpose of this narrative study was to explore why volunteer firefighter numbers have been declining, the extent to which recruitment and retention programs are used in volunteer fire departments, and how these programs contribute to a fire department's ability to recruit members. Perry's public service motivation model provided the theoretical framework for the study. Research questions focused on improving recruitment and retention programs. Data were collected from interviews with 5 current chief officers and 5 former firefighters in Connecticut and from organizational documents in local fire departments. Open, axial, and selective coding were used to identify 5 themes: lack of awareness of state policy on recruitment and retention, lack of recruitment, public service motivation, retention, and time. A key theme emerging from this study were that participating fire departments have limited effective recruitment and retention programs. The positive social change implications stemming from this study include recommendations to fire department leadership to consider a unified recruitment and retention strategy. This determination provides a foundation for volunteer fire departments to make informed decisions on how to increase recruitment and retention in their respective communities.
Download or read book Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters written by James H. Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentially, Baltimore County's recruitment program must become very aggressive in its approach and in order to retain volunteers, the leadership of the Baltimore County Fire Service must become very aware of the personal needs of individuals.
Download or read book Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services Challenges and Solutions written by and published by FEMA. This book was released on with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fire Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volunteer Fire Fighters Pension Task Force written by Iowa. Volunteer Fire Fighters Pension Task Force and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention in Rural Pennsylvania written by Robert S. D'Intino and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Help Wanted written by Alan L. Rufer and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Wanted takes an in depth look at recruitment and retention in the volunteer / Paid-On-Call fire service. Get real answers from real firefighters. Learn the 5-Step process that is critical in building a successful recruitment program.
Download or read book Recruiting Training and Maintaining Volunteer Fire Fighters written by Jack W. Snook and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recruiting, Training, And Maintaining Volunteer Fire Fighters, Third Edition Looks At The Many Challenges Facing Today’S Volunteer Fire Fighter. Providing The History And Background Of Volunteer Fire Fighting, An Overview Of Why Individuals Volunteer, And Planning For The Future, This Is A Must-Have Resource. The Third Edition Also Provides An Extensive Review Of The Importance Of Customer Service And Detailed Coverage Of Fire Department Evaluations And Model Programs.
Download or read book Profiling the Veteran Volunteer Firefighter for Recruitment and Retention Implications written by Nyle R. Zikmund and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are there other characteristics common to the fire service professional in suburban departments of large metropolitan areas that are common to personnel with five to fifteen years of service. Procedures included an exhaustive literature search, written survey, and analysis of the survey results for 20 similar sized volunteer paid-on-call midwestern fire departments. Results of the research revealed a diverse and varied approach to recruitment and retainment problems. Results of the survey indicated several commonalities among those individuals selected for the response group. Recommendations from the research were established and a list of common traits and interview questions to determine those traits have been developed. Additionally, a list of programs that have been successful in addressing the recruitment and retainment problem was compiled.
Download or read book Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Volunteer Firefighters Within the Martinsville Fire and EMS Department written by Kristopher W. Shrader and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The results of the literature review and survey, which also are the recommendations, suggest that the department should consider incorporating the following into its recruitment and retention program: improve volunteer applicant screening to determine their motivation for joining the department, evaluate the current leadership of both career and volunteer officers, evaluate current training programs, and implement a formal recruitment and retention program that includes various incentives for our volunteers.
Download or read book Retention of Internal Stakeholders in the U S Volunteer Fire Service written by Candice McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteer firefighters make up almost 75% of the U.S. fire service. Fire service leaders face challenges in retaining volunteers, as evident by the 12% decline in volunteer firefighters since 1984. The purpose of the study was to explore what strategies fire service leaders have used to retain firefighters in the United States. The conceptual framework of this single case study was Freeman's stakeholder theory, which states that leaders can maximize the organization's performance by meeting the needs of those with a stake in the future of the organization. Face-to-face, seminstrucutred interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 5 fire service leaders from Somerset County, New Jersey who had successfully implemented strategies for volunteer firefighter retention. Interview transcripts and supporting documents were explored using a modified Van Kaam model as a basis to analyze and create common themes for coding. Through methodological triangulation, 6 volunteer firefighter retention strategy themes emerged: a) schedule accommodations, (b) nonwage benefits, (c) opportunities for employee success, (d) recognition, (e) family, and (f) recruitment. From these 6 themes, 2 of the most successful retention strategies used by fire service leaders were identified as restructuring requirements for schedule accommodation and offering professional development. Specific recommendations from the research findings for retention include offering training, flexible scheduling, providing uniforms, family inclusion, and employee recognition. Implications for positive social change include offering strategies needed to improve the retention of volunteer firefighters, which may lead to the retention of public service employees to foster a high-quality workforce to serve the public.
Download or read book Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment and Retention Strategy written by Volunteer Alberta and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Volunteer Fire Fighting as a Leisure Experience written by William R. Sager and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings of this experiment supported the hypothesis that there exists a high correlation between the leisure attitudes of volunteer firefighters and other volunteers. This supported the concept that volunteer firefighters view their avocation as a leisure time pursuit and find many of the same positive leisure aspects in this activity that others find in their leisure pursuits. It was recommended that volunteer firefighter managers emphasize these positive leisure aspects in recruitment and retention programs.
