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		<title>Be a hero, save lives, join LVAC!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great job by the Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps (LVAC)  in producing this professional video demonstrating their capabilities and dedication to the community, just in time to celebrate their 60th anniversary of service to the Town of Lancaster and Village of Depew NY. With lots of images of their hard-working team, radio traffic voice overs and realistic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=813&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recruit your replacements. Train them well.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the national decline in experience-building fire load (aka-the work we do as firefighters), I&#8217;ve written before about the challenge of today&#8217;s fire service leaders to dig in and invest more in their firefighters than ever before to prepare them for success &#8211; and succession. While my first passion lies in recruiting the brightest and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=804&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOB OP: Senior Editor-FPP</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/job-op-senior-editor-fpp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOB OP: SENIOR EDITOR Senior FPP Editor Fire Protection Publications (FPP), the world&#8217;s leading publisher of high quality and technically accurate fire and emergency services training materials, is accepting applications for the position of FPP Senior Editor. FPP is an extension of the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) at Oklahoma State University (OSU) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=801&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hiring Pool is Open &#8211; Leland NC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertisement for Hiring Pool Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department, Inc. is accepting applications for our 2013 hiring pool. This pool of applicants will be used to fill any part-time or full-time hiring that the department may need for 2013. Once the pool is created it will be used for all vacancies in 2013, until all qualified [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=795&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Loudon County VA Hiring</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/loudon-county-va-hiring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loudoun County VA has posted a paid Firefighter/EMT recruitment  to their website at: www.loudoun.gov. FIREFIGHTER/EMT Recruitment #13-F136-322 Date Opened: 12/18/2012 8:00:00 AM Closing Date: 1/2/2013 5:00:00 PM Hiring Range: $40,925 Department: FIRE &#38; RESCUE SERVICE Job Type: Open and Competitive Full/Part-Time: Full-Time Eligible For: Full Benefits Schedule: Varies Reg/Temp: Regular ________________________________ INTRODUCTION PLEASE NOTE: An APPLICANT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=790&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Draft Choices</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/draft-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteer fire departments, whether they realize it or not, compete for recruits. Sometimes with other volunteer fire departments but most often with a busy home life, other community organizations, volunteering opportunities and a wide array of social activities. What if our recruits, like in college recruiting, were in competition with other recruits wanting to be selected by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=778&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“VetNet” To Help Military Veterans Re-Enter Civilian Life</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/vetnet-to-help-military-veterans-re-enter-civilian-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve shared before, recruiting veterans into the volunteer fire service can be a great solution to our staffing challenges. They might just be the perfect candidate as we don’t have to teach them discipline, respect, honor, loyalty, chain-of-command or teamwork. In return we offer the camaraderie, adrenaline rush, teamwork and sense of value that they miss from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=768&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity of a Different Color</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/diversity-of-a-different-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prompted by the receipt of this month&#8217;s newsletter from Fire 20/20 &#8212; a non-profit organization focused on increasing diversity and providing solutions for the fire service &#8212; it reminded me that I&#8217;ve written several posts, comments and articles about the advantages of diversifying your volunteer fire service workforce. But, it doesn&#8217;t seem that too many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=759&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Bologna Has a First Name</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/my-bologna-has-a-first-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 04:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiger Schmittendorf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grabbing and keeping the public&#8217;s attention for the purpose of promoting a product, service or a cause has become a billion dollar business. As fire and emergency medical services struggle to find or maintain its identity in this generation of flux, what can we learn from the advertising and marketing industry that will help us build [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=745&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jury is Out on Criminal Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://firerecruiter.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/the-jury-is-out-on-criminal-background-checks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As happens pretty frequently, I had a fire chief call recently to ask for some advice on what has become a bit of an arresting matter in his volunteer fire department. It appears that a prospective candidate for membership was being honest when they checked off the little box on their fire department application that asks whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firerecruiter.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10647885&#038;post=720&#038;subd=firerecruiter&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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