Resources for Departments and Personnel
Your work as a volunteer first responder protects our communities and nation. The NVFC is the only national organization dedicated to speaking out on your behalf, and providing you the information, resources, and advocacy you need to do your job. Visit our various program links, explore our resources, and get linked into a network of first responders and citizens who are working together to make a difference.
- Apply for financial assistance through the NVFC Volunteer Firefighter Support Fund if your home has been impacted by a state or federally declared disaster.
- Find out how much your volunteer fire or EMS department is saving the community through the Cost Savings Calculator and then let your community know by utilizing the customizable PowerPoint presentation.
- Get information on grants and funding.
- Get retention and recruitment tools your department can use.
- Find out more about the 1-800-FIRE-LINE recruitment campaign.
- Learn about training and education opportunities.
- Get fit and health through the NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program.
- Learn how you can increase your department's capacity and resources by utilizing non-emergency community volunteers through Fire Corps.
- Stay connected by signing up for the NVFC's E-updates.
- Join the NVFC and support the voice of the volunteer.
- Check out our ever-growing list of resources on important topics such as training, funding, and legislation.
- Review the list of the NVFC's legislative priorities and find out what you can do to help advocate their passage.
- Use the State Benefits Guide to find out what your state does for its firefighters, as well as compare these benefits to those in other states.
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- Training & Education
- Grants & Funding
- Regulations & Standards
- Retention & Recruitment
- Capitol Hill Connection
- State Benefits Guide
- In the Line of Duty
- NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter
- Fire Corps
- Resources for Families
- Emergency Vehicle Safe Operations
- Cost Savings Calculators
- Resources for Departments and Personnel
- Resource Center
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