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Permalink Reply by turk182 on January 6, 2009 at 11:32am

Try Tiger Schmittendorf blogs on recruitment and retention very informative.

Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on January 6, 2009 at 1:12pm

www.tigerschmittendorf.com

all you need and it's free.

Permalink Reply by brian rogers on January 6, 2009 at 2:20pm

We ask all of our guys to be on the lookout for new members, its tough especially here in Stephens County here in Texas, its a rural area and most of the property is owned by out of towners. We have a some success with the newspaper and local radio stations doing promotions for free, I would try this and I wish you good luck., its tougher than most people think.... www.waylandvfd.webs.com

Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on January 6, 2009 at 9:39pm

El Tigre? Nah, no mention at all :)

Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on January 7, 2009 at 12:45am

Check out the National Fire Protection Agency web site. They have lots of stuff right down that line. They actually have a book that you can get free of charge on just that.

Permalink Reply by Mary Ellen Shea on January 7, 2009 at 8:44am

First, a little shameless self-promotion to steer you to my blog space....then some shameful promotion of our resident Recruitment and Retention guru, Tiger Schmitendorf
My blog on this topic:
http://www.firefighternation.com/profiles/blogs/marketing-your-fire...
Tiger's page:
www.firefighternation.com/profile/tiger5
Tiger's site
www.tigerschmittendorf.com
Photo of Tiger as a young lad


Get the picture?

Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on January 7, 2009 at 12:44pm

Wow thats actually showing his good side in this photo Mel.

Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on January 13, 2009 at 1:48am

WOW!

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on January 13, 2009 at 2:59am

I'll hunt around over the next few days, but here in Oz there was Commonwelath funding (a huge amount!) made available to volunteer agencies specificly to look at and research vol retention and recruiting.

I'll see what I can find about it- it may be of use and give you some ideas...

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on January 13, 2009 at 3:27am

Here's some weblinks and research papers that may be of interest.

Identifying Key Issues Affecting the Retention of Emergency Service Volunteers
http://tinyurl.com/7a6uyz

Managing change within the emergency services to ensure the long-term viability of volunteerism
http://tinyurl.com/9vasqx

Managing volunteers
http://tinyurl.com/7kg3h9

One Year of Volunteers
http://www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine2001_1/volunteers.html

Protecting Volunteers
http://tinyurl.com/78yqxu

The definition and principles of volunteering: What’s all the fuss about?
http://tinyurl.com/3dwp6q

Training can be a recruitment and retention tool for emergency service volunteers
http://tinyurl.com/98zhkw

Voluntary Sector Added Value: A discussion paper
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy/index.asp?id=1372

Volunteerism in emergency management in Australia: directions and developments since the national Volunteer Summit of 2001
http://tinyurl.com/9dfk4b

Volunteers as a learning bridgehead to the community
http://tinyurl.com/7dr4ab

Where Have All The Volunteers Gone?
http://www.redcross.int/EN/mag/magazine399/31999_8.asp

‘Working with communities’ to ‘build social capital’— Reflecting on old and new thinking about volunteers
http://tinyurl.com/7jqa9y

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on January 13, 2009 at 3:36am

A couple of others:

Energize: Especially for Leaders of Volunteers
http://energizeinc.com/index.html

keeping your recruits: boosting volunteer retention
http://www.bushfirecrc.com/publications/downloads/Fire-Note-22-Volu...

THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF ADULT VOLUNTEERS IN GIRL GUIDE ORGANISATIONS
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/files/IAPKENT1VO/bn08012_VA8_N...

Attraction, recruitment and retention
http://www.swvolunteerinitiative.org.au/node/23

Volunteer Management Program Retaining Volunteers
http://www.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/150033/Retain...