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The North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs (NCAFC), in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), is launching an urgent volunteer firefighter recruitment campaign across 12 North Carolina counties.
08/06/2024
Stay informed during bad weather.
Emergency messages are sent by state and local governments and the National Weather Service via television, radio, weather radios, social media, and alerts on cellular phones. Make sure you have a way to monitor severe weather conditions and receive emergency alerts at all times.
05/22/2024
This is your opportunity to get involved in something rewarding and meaningful that makes a real difference in your community. Fire departments need the services of volunteers with experience in almost every sector, including business, accounting, marketing, medicine, law enforcement, mechanics, construction, computers, and fundraising. Women's groups can invite local fire departments to speak about volunteerism for women by women and learn first-hand what it is like to be a volunteer firefighter.
Becoming a Volunteer Firefighter is more than fighting fires. Our volunteers also respond to other emergencies such as emergency medical incidents, natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, rope-based rescues, water rescue emergencies, and other general public service calls.
This is your opportunity to get involved in something rewarding and meaningful that makes a real difference in your community. Your participation will ensure that when your friends, family, and neighbors need help, someone is always there to answer their call.
April is National Volunteer Month, and there is no better way to serve your community than by volunteering with your local fire department and ensuring there is always someone to answer the call in your town.
Over 80% of North Carolina’s firefighters are volunteers. The need for volunteers of all skill levels and abilities is dire.
Click the link to join your local fire department as a volunteer firefighter today!
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03/21/2024
For Community, For Unity: Be A Volunteer
Whether you do it for the excitement, tradition, or sense of family, when you answer the call to be a volunteer firefighter, you become an invaluable member of your community. Volunteers of all skill levels and abilities are needed to do administrative and operational work.
Make sure there is always someone to answer the call in your town.
Thank you to for this great interview with Chief Tracy Mosley.
Volunteer firefighters are crucial lifelines across our state, answering the call to save countless lives. The number of volunteer firefighters in North Carolina has recently seen a steep decline of more than 5,000 since 2020.
The North Carolina Fire Chiefs Association has launched a new volunteer recruitment and retention campaign to regain our volunteer numbers.
Volunteering is a rewarding experience and one of the best ways someone can make a direct, tangible difference in their community. Volunteer firefighters gain invaluable skills and knowledge while having a positive, lasting impact on the lives of their neighbors.
Please enjoy the interview.
This is your opportunity to get involved in something rewarding and meaningful that makes a real difference in your community. Your participation will ensure that when your friends, family, and neighbors need help, there is always someone there to answer their call.
Click on the link to find out how you can become a volunteer in your community.
What kind of training do I need to be a Volunteer Firefighter?
Once you sign up to be a firefighter or EMT, you will need to be trained. Training requirements vary by state, locality, and department. The time investment in training depends on the level of training and certifications your specific department requires. Fire departments typically provide or arrange for volunteer personnel to receive all required training at no cost to the individual.
In general, volunteers may be asked to complete certification training for one or more of the following: Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Hazmat Awareness, Hazmat Operations, Traffic Incident Management, and Wild Land Firefighter.
Contact your local department to learn what training they require.
01/25/2024
This is your opportunity to get involved in something rewarding and meaningful that makes a real difference in your community. Your participation will ensure that when your friends, family, and neighbors need help, someone is always there to answer their call.
For Community, For Unity: Be A Volunteer
Whether you do it for the excitement, tradition, or sense of family, when you answer the call to be a volunteer firefighter, you become an invaluable member of your community. Volunteers of all skill levels and abilities are needed to do administrative and operational work.
Make sure there is always someone to answer the call in your town.
Click the link in our Bio or go to https://volunteerfirenc.org/
11/09/2023
This is your opportunity to get involved in something rewarding and meaningful that makes a real difference in your community. Your participation will ensure that when your friends, family, and neighbors need help, there is always someone there to answer their call.
Click on the link in our Bio to find out how you can become a volunteer in your community.
10/26/2023
For Community, For Unity: Be A Volunteer
Whether you do it for the excitement, tradition, or sense of family, when you answer the call to be a volunteer firefighter, you become an invaluable member of your community. Volunteers of all skill levels and abilities are needed to do administrative and operational work.
Make sure there is always someone to answer the call in your town.
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North Carolina Desperately Needs Volunteer Firefighters
To learn about becoming a volunteer firefighter or other ways to get involved in N.C., visit http://volunteerfirenc.org/
In North Carolina and other states in the U.S., the number of volunteers is dwindling drastically--this is affecting communities in the area of life safety and property emergencies.
Every 1.8 days in North Carolina a life is lost to fire - are the two connected?
North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs (NCAFC), in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), is gathering with many North Carolina fire service agencies from across the state to discover ways to do a better job of recruiting volunteer firefighters.
Volunteers make up the largest part of the fire service in the state. According to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) 72% of North Carolina firefighters are volunteers and 91.2% of departments are all or mostly volunteer.
Across the United States, volunteers make up 70% of the firefighting workforce which is about two percent lower than in North Carolina. The program is funded by a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant awarded to the NCAFC by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a model to enhance the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
Fifteen North Carolina fire departments and associations, consisting of over 50 departments from across the state, are participating in the 2-year program, designed to address the shortage of volunteer firefighters in the state.
Among the tools being developed, the fire departments will use geographic information systems (GIS) to take in-depth looks at their communities, measuring demographic, cultural and economic data to predict the best way to recruit a volunteer firefighter workforce.
Volunteer firefighters can be called upon 24 hours per day, seven days per week to abandon the warmth and comfort of their homes in the middle of the night or during a holiday celebration, leave the fun of family gatherings on sunny summer afternoons, enter burning buildings, rescue stranded hikers and struggling swimmers, extricate victims from automobiles, and more.
Volunteer firefighters save their communities millions of dollars every year.
The skills and experience gained as a volunteer firefighter are invaluable and have a positive and lasting impact on the lives of others. Those who join their local fire departments sign up for one of the most rewarding opportunities they’ll ever have.
The PSA is an impactful video that shows volunteer firefighters performing many of their different jobs – from putting out fires and rescuing victims trapped in cars or stranded on the water to taking pride in their communities by marching in parades.
Highlighting volunteer firefighters operating at various emergency scenes and performing some of the many skills they possess thanks to the professional training they receive, the PSA illustrates that volunteer firefighters come from all walks of life. They’re male, female, teachers, business owners, retirees, mothers, fathers, students, and more. And, they want more members of their communities to answer the call.
