Fire Corps Confrence

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INSERT YOUR DEPARTMENT LOGO
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Citizens Helping Fire EMS
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About Your (Department Name Here)

• Agency Name

• Area served

• Number of stations

• Number of Personnel

• Paid, volunteer or combination

• Assessed value of community

• Number and type of emergency responses

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• Working behind the lines to help those on the
  front lines

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Citizen participation in the community

• Citizens advocates for fire and emergency
  services

Scarce front line resources
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Non-operational citizen advocates for fire
prevention, emergency medicine and homeland
security

• Locally based and locally controlled
• Community-service oriented
• Engages interests and talents of citizens
• Designed for non-hazardous tasks
• Does not replace a current paid or volunteer
  positions

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• Give back to your country, your state and your
  community through the hours you assist

• Allows emergency responders to focus on
  operational tasks

• Improve the capability of your fire/EMS
  departments

• Gain invaluable insights into our nation's
  emergency service agencies and how they work

• Become better prepared for an emergency

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• Launched in December 2004 at the White House

• One of five Citizen Corps Partner Programs

• Fire Corps Founding Partners
• International Association of Fire Chiefs
• International Association of Fire Fighters
• National Volunteer Fire Council

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• The list of non-operational tasks is endless, so
  don't limit it to just the list presented here.
  ANY non-operational task you can think of can be
  accomplished by a citizen advocate

• Administrative Functions

• Public Safety Education

• Fundraising

• Canteen Services

• Public Relations

• Explorers/Scouts

• Data Entry

• Pre-Plan Research

• Apparatus and Facility Maintenance

• Bookkeeping

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• Fire and EMS departments require a variety of
  skills. You will be interviewed to identify your
  skills, talents and knowledge. A program
  coordinator will then try to match your skills to
  an appropriate assignment.

For example, if you're a graphic designer, your
fire/EMS department may ask you to help design a
brochure if you're a computer software expert,
they may want you to help improve their existing
information system.
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• Departments benefit from citizens who range in
  age from teens to seniors and for people of all
  abilities and talents.
• Fire and EMS departments will strive to match
  your skills with their own needs.

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• Contact LOCAL DEPT. INFO

• Fill out local Fire Corpsapplication/questionnair
  e

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• Departments gain greater efficiency

• First responders obtain stronger support

• Emergency services acquire an army of new
  advocates

• Citizens get to do their part for emergency
  preparedness

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• Most departments are happy to have you offer any
  level of service. Most likely, you will work out
  a schedule of hours that is acceptable to the
  department and you.

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• A short orientation and training will introduce
  you to the department

• Most departments will screen citizen advocates
  very thoroughly

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• Fire and EMS departments often welcome corporate
  support for community initiatives. When
  partnering with a local department, businesses
  can lend programmatic, financial and staff
  support. Fire Corps can help you take the lead on
  building a new fire and EMS/corporate partnership.

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Add your local department contact name, phone
number and web site if you have one.
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Working Together With Fire EMS
Congressional Fire Service Institute Fire
Department Safety Officers Association Internation
al Association of Arson Investigators Internationa
l Association of Black Professional Fire
Fighters International Association of Fire
Chiefs International Association of Fire
Fighters International Fire Service Training
Association International Society of Fire Service
Instructors National Association of Hispanic
Firefighters National Association of State Fire
Marshals National Fire Protection
Association North American Fire Training
Directors Volunteers in Police Service Women in
the Fire Service
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