VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Skills and professions we need on an ongoing basis:

• Firefighters

  - Training available!

• Paramedics

• Advisors:

  • Mechanics
  • Plumbers
  • Electricians
  • Locksmiths
  • Contractors
  • Engineers
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Chemists
  • Lawyers
  • Teachers
  • Tree Removal Experts

• Computer and Paperwork--There is a chance that training would be provided for the right volunteer:

  • Web developers
  • CSS designers
  • Database system designers and developers
  • Database administrators
  • Information technology security consultants
  • Artists
  • Accountants
  • Bookkeepers
  • Administrative professionals willing to produce reports, maintain insurance forms, licensing, and other records, etc.

• Development and Increasing Community Support:

  • Grant writers
  • Grant adminstrators
  • People willing to help with community activities
  • People with new ideas

• Media:

  • Reporters
  • Writers of news stories and press releases
  • Web content writers and artists
  • Translators for written English into Spanish
  • Spanish-languge proofreader
  • Editors
  • People willing to help with public awareness and media relations
  • Photographers
  • Artists
  • People willing to help with public education in fire safety
  • People willing to organize and help with community activities
  • Recording Engineers
  • Videographers and web video specialists
  • Cartoonists, Animators, and Flash artists
  • Voice over talent / Narrators for public service announcements

• See also:

  • Associate Memberships
  • List of federal death, disability, education, and survivors' benefits for officially designated members of volunteer fire departments
  • Volunteer Firefighter Paid Leave - Information from the Tennessee Bar Association. Volunteer Firefighters and First Responders should print this out and take it to their employer's human resources department.
  • NVFC Volunteer Firefighter Support Fund - Provides a stipend of $250 to volunteer first responders whose homes have been impacted by a state- or federally-declared disaster.

Help your community. Help your fire department help you.
Volunteer today! Then volunteer all year round.