Texas Fire World
March-April 2005

The Citizen Corps, in partnership with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Volunteer Combination and Officers Section and the International Association of Fire Fighters, has created the Fire Corps. The new program was created to support volunteer, combination, and career fire departments with the assistance of citizen advocates for non-operational related activities.

The citizen advocates help with the tasks such as fund raising, life safety educations and bookkeeping allowing firefighters to concentrate more on front line duties.

Departments can register on the Fire Corps website so citizens can find them and become advocates. The program will be successful only if the majority of departments join, allowing for opportunities for citizens to become involved.

The program also stands to improve the relationship between citizens and their local fire departments with the result being better overall security and safety in the community. Departments may register at www.firecorps.org and learn more about the program as well as see what departments have already registered.