{"id":6690,"date":"2022-02-03T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T21:19:10","slug":"6690","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2022\/02\/6690\/","title":{"rendered":"New episode in free video series to help recruit volunteer firefighters\/first responders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefighter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/firefighter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3354\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvfc.org\/\">National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC)<\/a> <\/strong>has partnered with Cottage Lane Productions to develop a new episode of the volunteer firefighter recruitment series <strong>Ride With Us<\/strong>. The series takes prospective volunteers into a firehouse to show them, as much as a video can, what it\u2019s like to be a volunteer firefighter. These can be used by any fire station as a part of its own recruitment and onboarding of volunteer firefighters and first responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLEhK0BfDztvebNbCyn3DTjv3YBjs-L_BH\">the PSAs, including the new episode, here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/9182021\">download them from Vimeo<\/a> to incorporate into your department\u2019s recruitment initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch additional episodes of Ride With Us on the NVFC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/makemeafirefighter.org\/what-its-like\">Make Me A Firefighter web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My other blogs and resources regarding volunteer firefighters and first responders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/06\/how-to-counter-the-ongoing-drop-in-volunteer-firefighter-numbers\/\">How to counter the ongoing drop in volunteer firefighter numbers<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2018\/08\/germany\/\">Brilliant volunteer firefighter recruitment video from Germany<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/08\/21\/wanted\/\">Volunteers needed, but are they wanted?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/12\/12\/unwelcomed\/\">Making certain volunteers feel unwelcomed because of your language<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/08\/26\/pro-vs-volunteer-firefighters\/\">pro vs. volunteer firefighters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/08\/20\/notwanted\/\">Fire station turns away volunteers \u2013 &amp; how it could be different<\/a><\/li><li>Great reasons to involve <a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/07\/whylocalvolfirefighters\/\">LOCAL volunteer firefighters<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2015\/05\/volfirefighters\/\">why you can\u2019t find\/keep volunteer firefighters<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/08\/pro-vs-volunteer-firefighters\/\">pro vs. volunteer firefighters<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2010\/12\/02\/international-association-of-fire-fighters-is\/\">International Association of Fire Fighters is anti-volunteer<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2015\/06\/nvfcportal\/\">New online resources to help recruit volunteer firefighters<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) has partnered with Cottage Lane Productions to develop a new episode of the volunteer firefighter recruitment series Ride With Us. 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