department culture

Volunteer organizations are challenging; volunteers come and go, their availability waxes and wains in inverse proportion to life events, their contributions and capabilities and skills are diverse. Information is power; so empower with information…

Volunteer firefighters respond out of duty; to the community, to the department, and to their brothers/sisters in the service. Duty builds within the individual, and a culture of duty builds in the department, through firefighters engaging with the department; connecting with its mission, joining that mission.