Volunteer recruitment and retention

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Permalink Reply by Larry Lasich on September 21, 2009 at 9:15am

One of the combination departments got a grant that covered the cost of six (6) credit hours at the local University. Don't know if that has lapsed or not. Another combo department gives something like $10-15 bucks per hour (2 hours min) for vollies who respond to the station.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Sawyer on September 27, 2009 at 10:40am

Many of the Volunteer Companies in MI offer up to ten dollars per call plus an additional 10 for every hour past the first, but these are local policies not State mandated, Volunteers in SC have the opportunity through their FD to attend classes at the State Fire Academy as a bit of an incentive for the volunteers and as a way to maintain a high level of readiness within their own Dept.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on November 18, 2009 at 12:21am

At my dept in CO our Vol. get $35 per call, also $65 per shift on the weekends, each shift is 8 hrs and runs from Fri night till Sun night during our wildland season. They also get Vol pension after 10 years of service which is threw the state.

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