Teachers

Here are ways you can get involved:

• It starts with you! Have you every considered being a volunteer firefighter? What an impressive addition to your resume and your classroom personal gravitas!
• Educate your class, parents and other teachers about these facts about volunteer firefighting in North Carolina.
• Champion a poster contest and hang them in the hallways or in the cafeteria for other students to vote on. The winner gets to ride on the engine during the next parade.
• Speak to the Fire Department about talking to your class about being a volunteer.
• Assign a paper to your students to write on the need for volunteers, the history of volunteerism (reference the birthplace of volunteerism going back to our Founding Fathers).
• Conduct a class field-trip to meet your local volunteer fire personnel.
• Ask parents to get involved, maybe they might like to be a volunteer firefighter.
• Did you know that you could volunteer at a station by helping out around the station? Even if you may not be a suitable firefighter candidate you and your class can help out with lots of things.
• Copy and paste this and post it on social media: Did you know that North Carolina is desperate for volunteer firefighters? Have you ever considered being a volunteer firefighter? Someone loses their life to fire every 1.8 days in North Carolina, you can make a difference! Visit weneedfirefighters.org to find out ways you can get involved. Whether you are 8 or 80 years old we can all help the cause!