Tips for Implementing Your Program

• Ask minorities to help recruit.
• Consider wearing street clothes to be more approachable.
• Visit every opportunity to recruit. But, if something isn't working, like visiting a certain event, shift your time elsewhere.
• Create a website to communicate with potential applicants.
• Start with younger people, like visiting schools and universities. Start as early as middle school. Consider starting a cadet program to get youth involved in the fire department.
• Maintain a recruitment hotline so those who aren't quite interested at that time can call back and find out more information.
• It's beneficial to have personal contact with candidates during recruitment, this might include a preparation class.