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Is Volunteerism Dying Or Has Your Marketing Flatlined?

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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reported that in 2020, there were 676,900 volunteer firefighters in the U.S. This is compared to 897,750 in 1984, the first year the NFPA began tracking this number. The NFPA Fire Department Profile for 2020 found that 50% of all firefighters are between the ages of 30 and 49 years old.

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Serving the Whole Community: Including Women in Your R&R Efforts

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We spent time with firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and training staff during multiple scenarios. He could see my enthusiasm for the work and told me that if this was something I was interested in, I could start with classes like First Responder and EMT, offered through our local community college. In the U.S.,