On-call, non-career, and volunteer firefighters are a precious, predominant yet ever-diminishing asset for many fire and rescue services. Against an unfavourable backdrop for recruitment this blog post discusses what the challenges involve, what lay ahead, and what we can do using fire service research, data, and expertise to support the sector with viable solutions which surmount these challenges.
Read MoreIs fire engine availability a reliable and useful measure of a fire and rescue service’s performance? What does our fire and rescue service research tell us?
Read MoreHow fire service research and data solutions can support fire and rescue services amidst an On-call firefighter retention crisis
Read MoreHow can Al and FireServiceRota Improve Fire and Rescue Service use of data, strategic workforce planning and On-call fire engine availability?
Read MoreThis article highlights that across the world firefighters referred to as on-call, volunteer, non-career, or sometimes part-time may be afforded different names but invariably they are very similar: nominally paid, alerted to a fire station by a pager/app, and available when needed. They are also increasingly becoming the predominant resource used across the world.
Read MoreOne of our Fire and Rescue Service Research based, Data Solutions: calculating the Widest Possible Pool of recruits at On-call stations which can only recruit from a pool of people living or working within 5 minutes of the local station & can only diversify according to local demographics….
Read MoreRead our recent article published in FIRE magazine where we joined forces with Fire Service Rota to explain how to create flexibility for On-call firefighters
Read MoreHow can Al improve recruitment, retention & On-call fire engine availability?
Read MoreListen to re-enkindle’s founder discussing:
What data tells us about the On-call landscape.
How research can help support fire and rescue services as they seek to recruit and retain On-call firefighters against an unfavourable backdrop.
Fire Service Culture and the local culture at the On-call’s core.
A culture of collaboration.
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