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  First responders hire marketing firm to help with recruitment

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  In an effort to combat the nationwide volunteer shortage, 20 fire and EMS departments in three states are getting creative with tactics such as recruitment centers

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  Fire dept. posts signs in search of new firefighters

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  The Owls Head Fire Department said they are so low on firefighters that sometimes they don’t have anyone to respond to calls

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  Quiet Warrior: How one off-duty firefighter switched from concertgoer to first responder during Las Vegas shooting

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  5.11 Quiet Warrior

  Chris Wetzel, a firefighter with Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, recalls what it was like to be on scene while a gunman opened fire on 22,000 concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip

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  Female firefighter: 'We're assumed incompetent'

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  Researchers studied the experiences of 30 female firefighters, and a majority of the women said they faced a double standard

• NY town may consider grant to hire more firefighters

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  The grant could be used to rehire laid-off firefighters, retain firefighters facing layoffs, fill positions vacated through attrition or hire new firefighters

• Pa. city considers offering tax incentives to volunteer responders

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  Active volunteer responders could get a 20 percent credit on their municipal real estate taxes and a rebate on earned income taxes

• Pa. firefighters claim chief is driving away veteran volunteers

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  Don Dreisbach said Whitehall Township Fire Department Chief David Nelson's treatment of members and training requirements are causing volunteers to leave

• Wis. towns team up to combat lack of volunteers

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  The "operational merger" allows each to more easily tap the other’s equipment and firefighters

• Pa. fire chief requests tax break for volunteer first responders

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  Chief Justin Mochar asked that active volunteer responders receive a property tax rebate of 20 percent, as well as an earned income tax refund

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  3 factors that motivate volunteer firefighters to join the service

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  Allowing volunteer firefighters to be emotionally fulfilled by serving their communities and feel a part of firehouse camaraderie will help recruitment and retention efforts

• Tenn. fire dept. wants to add 67 more staff members

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  Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they “actually deal with having shortfalls” due to low staff numbers

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  Recruiting female firefighters: Closing the gender gap

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  Confronting gender stereotypes to encourage women to see the fire service as a career option

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  Firefighter recruitment help is available through SAFER grant

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  FEMA opens the SAFER grant application period for career, combination and volunteer firefighter recruitment assistance

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  Los Angeles struggles to expand number of female firefighters

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  The sluggish rate of progress threatens Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas' push to double the number of women firefighters by 2020

• Girls firefighter camp expanded a week after being canceled over discrimination

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  “This is an important camp that ... exposes many of them to a career opportunity they may not have considered," Mayor Kevin Faulconer said

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  Girls' fire camps: Discrimination, or key to increasing female firefighters?

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  Fire camps teach teenage girls the fire service is a valid career option and can bolster a diverse workforce

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