Recruitment and Retention

The selected women will be trained as part of the National Park Service's Women in Fire Program

This year's theme focuses on the perfect storm of staffing challenges, plus how firefighters are managing stressors

This year's theme focuses on the perfect storm of staffing challenges, plus how firefighters are managing stressors

"Public safety is put at risk,” said Ty Wooten, IAED director of government affairs

The legislation would create a state firefighter recruitment fund to provide bonuses to those who join a department and stay on for three years

Identifying a handful of key traits can be a game-changer in fostering a healthy organizational culture

The program is designed to help attract and retain first responders and to help them afford homes near their workplaces

The Atlanta Police Foundation, with help from the Atlanta Apartment Association, will oversee the $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds

The Fresno department to will be able to deploy an additional emergency squad and add a fourth firefighter to six apparatus

Getting inside the teenage brain to engage new recruits

The Laramie County fire chief tackles recruitment and retention misses, organizational tempo and fostering a culture of critical thinking

"We ... hope this exemption helps efforts to attract more volunteers to our fire and ambulance companies, to enable more life-saving work that benefits us all," a Rensselaer County executive said

Kathy Hochul's budget also includes a bill that would let municipalities and fire companies pay volunteers for responses to calls and completion of training

The bipartisan group is asking for information about federal housing in the hopes of bolstering the ranks

Troy uses incentives to help with retention and tries to compensate the unpaid firefighters, said Mayor Ethan Baker