National Volunteer Firefighter Geospatial Recruitment and Retention Toolkit

As disasters increase in frequency, scale, and complexity, collaboration among agencies and organizations has become a cornerstone to the efficient and effective delivery of public safety services.  To address the complexities around mutual aid, stakeholders approached the development of this guide through ...

These are the resources referenced in the web-based training, as well as the instructor led training for the Helping Members Find Their Spark mentoring course.

Do you get frustrated when volunteers or employees leave after only a short time in a role? Does managing a team across multiple generations lead to frustration? Are you looking for new, creative ways to recruit, engage and build a ...

Combining volunteer and career staff has proven to be an extremely effective operational model for the fire service. To better understand how your department can increase safety in your community, the IAFC has created three online courses and one in-person ...

There is no single road to chief in the volunteer fire service. You progress through the ranks, or you step in because nobody else wanted the job. You might have one or twenty years of fire service experience. No matter ...