002 - Recruitment and Retention

02/26/20 • 30 min

In Episode 002 Chief Soller discusses Recruitment and Retention in the Volunteer Fire Service. How do we attract new members while keeping existing members engaged. Do we need to change our company requirements? Are training requirements "killing" the volunteer fire service? Please send your feedback and episode ideas to [email protected] and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @professionalvolunteer.

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The Professional Brotherhood™ - 002 - Recruitment and Retention

Transcript

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Well, hello, everyone. Welcome back to the Professional Volunteer podcast. This is episode number two. That's right 002 and my name is Brian Soller and I am your host. I want to start off today by thanking everyone that tuned into our first episode. And I gotta tell you, for somebody who has listened to podcasts for a while, um, looking at the numbers is really, really cool and, you know, by industry standards or to those podcasts that have been on the air f