Recruitment & Retention Tactics at FDIC 2020
FDIC 2020 Pre-Conference Workshop
Monday April 20, 2020
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Candice McDonald
DBA, PIO, Firefighter, EMT
Success Up Life, LLC.
The volunteer fire service is experiencing its biggest challenge to date with volunteer firefighter recruitment and retention.
With today’s era of competing demands for the volunteer/potential volunteer firefighter, the question becomes, how can departments cost effectively and successfully recruit and retain volunteer firefighters?
This workshop is based on a three-year doctoral study on firefighter retention and offers participants research-based/proven strategies to reduce turnover and increase recruitment among all generations of volunteers.
These strategies are not based on costly recruitment campaigns and incentives; they offer practical professional applications that are easy to implement.
You will learn strategies to help overcome the biggest barriers to retention and recruitment.
Through discussion and hands-on activities, you will leave with the skills to draft a personalized plan to increase and maintain members.
You will receive a planning document for creating your own plan and will leave with strategies designed to fit your department’s needs.
