Online showcase: recruitment and retention toolkit for emergency volunteer leaders
This is a recording of the online showcase – Recruitment and retention toolkit for emergency volunteer leaders – held on Friday 9 October, 2020.
This showcase was hosted by the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC in partnership with Curtin University, the University of Western Australia, and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (WA).
At the showcase, the research teams at Curtin University and UWA, as well as members of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Western Australia, shared details about a new toolkit of resources designed to support emergency services brigades, groups and units (BGU) leaders with their volunteer management practices. The toolkit covers recruiting, onboarding and leading volunteers, and volunteer succession planning. Access the toolkit here: bit.ly/esvtoolkit
Speakers included:
00:00 Recruitment and retention toolkit for emergency volunteer leaders
00:18 Loriana Bethune, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
02:18 Jennifer Pidgeon, Department of Fire and Emergency Services
15:16 Associate Professor Patrick Dunlop, Curtin University
29:27 Hawa Muhammad Farid, Curtin University and University of Western Australia
48:32 Kathryn White, Department of Fire and Emergency Services
For more information about this showcase, including copies of the presentations, visit the event page.