B Y T H E N U M B E R S

National Volunteer Fire Council ANNUAL REPORT INFOGRAPHIC

www.nvfc.org

M E M B E R S H I P

22,063individuals, departments, states, and

corporations are members of the NVFC.

M A K E M E A F I R E F I G H T E R6,399

departments are registered with the NVFC’s Make Me A Firefighter

recruitment campaign. Register for free at https://portal.nvfc.org.

2,812 volunteer opportunities are posted through

the Make Me A Firefighter campaign.

158,293 clicks on opportunities and

4,394 completed applications by potential volunteers were made through www.MakeMeAFirefighter.org in 2017.

N AT I O N A L J U N I O R F I R E F I G H T E R P R O G R A M

2,276 junior firefighters and

2,096 local programs in

50states are registered

with the National Junior Firefighter Program.

260% increase in applications compared to 2016.

23,434 volunteers from

1,732 programs are registered with

the national Fire Corps program.

F I R E CO R P S

states and

H E A LT H A N D S A F E T Y

was awarded to the NVFC through a federal Fire Prevention and Safety grant to help the organization implement a series of fire service health and safety initiatives over the next year.

students took the Wildland Fire Assessment Program workshop. WFAP is a partnership between the NVFC and U.S. Forest Service to train fire service volunteers to properly conduct safety assessments for homes in the wildland-urban interface.

1,073 calls were made to the Fire/EMS Helpline for support with behavioral health issues.

39,111 26.5% increase over 2016. Part of the NVFC’s Share the Load™ program, the Helpline is run by American Addiction Centers.

people visited the new Serve Strong landing page to learn how they can be a safer and healthier responder.

9 new videos were released to motivate responders to Serve Strong by focusing on health and safety.

new health and safety publications were released, including the Volunteer Fire Service Culture: Essential Strategies for Success textbook, Firefighter Strong newsletter, 3rd issue of the Helpletter, and an updated edition of Emergency Vehicle Safe Operations for Volunteer and Small Combination Emergency Service Organizations.

$826,509

A D V O CA C Yletters to Congress were sent by NVFC members through the NVFC’s Legislative Action Center in 2017 to support the NVFC’s legislative priorities.

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T R A I N I N G

courses are currently offered through the NVFC

Virtual Classroom.

10 courses offer CEUs. The Virtual Classroom provides free and low-cost training on topics including health, safety, recruitment, retention, leadership, fire prevention, and more.

602 individuals registered for

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2,876 courses with the NVFC Virtual Classroom in 2017.

in-person workshops were offered in locations across

the country.

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40 students received a scholarship to attend the Summit.

was awarded to the NVFC as part of the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s public safety grants to help the NVFC provide more volunteer firefighters and EMTs with free online and in-person training.

$50,000

92 attendees from Myrtle Beach,South Carolina

28states participated in the NVFC’s third Training Summit, held June 9-10.

R E CO G N I T I O N3 achievement awards were presented to outstanding members of

the fire service during the NVFC’s spring meeting in April 2017.

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5,429

235% increase over 2016.This is a

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The campaign received the ASAE 2017 Summit Award

for excellence.

B Y T H E N U M B E R S

Join the NVFC and help support our initiatives while taking advantage of great benefits. www.nvfc.org

C O R P O R A T E M E M B E R S

The NVFC is grateful for the support and partnership of our Corporate Members. View the full list of

supporters at www.nvfc.org.

smoke alarms were provided to

G R A N T S A N D S C H O L A R S H I P S$188,400

$2.2M in grants and educational materials have been awarded. Georgia-Pacific also provides NVFC memberships to all applicants.

in grants was awarded to

fire departments through the Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade program. Since the program began in 2006, more than

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52 departments in the Globe Gear Giveaway program, a partnership between Globe, DuPont Protection Solutions, and the NVFC. Globe also sponsored

500 402

scholarships have been awarded to NVFC members.

$50,000

2scholarships were awarded to NVFC members to attend Columbia Southern University. Since the scholarship program launched in 2009,

18$5,000 in stipends was distributed through the Volunteer Firefighter Support Fund to

fire service volunteers impacted by Hurricane Harvey.20

sets of turnout gear were awarded to

13 department memberships in the NVFC. Since the program began in 2012,

sets of gear have been provided to

volunteer departments in need. Globe is part of MSA.

in training grants was available through a partnership with Josh Cellars.

10 departments will each be awarded with a

$5,000 grant in 2018.

500 20 departments in

states as part of the Fire Corps/First Alert Smoke Alarm Donation Program.16

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255,573

web site visits in 2017

58,700 Facebook likes

10,600 Twitter followers

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