In my volunteer department’s “heyday,” we boasted of having more than 200 volunteer members. As time passed and the community grew, the department reorganized into a combination department. The original career members were very receptive to the volunteers; most of them started with the department in that capacity. However, as training demands increased and the older volunteers retired, the volunteer force began to dwindle. At the time, the economy was good, and the organization added more career staff to meet the demands of a busier department. The department started losing volunteers until it reached a low of 18 active volunteers in 2013.
在此期间，该县（与其他地方一样）遭受了严重的经济低迷。此外，两个独特的地理区域失去了其保险办公室的评级，因为所需的五路英里内没有消防局。Elected officials were receiving phone calls daily from angry citizens complaining that their insurance premiums were doubling and tripling.该部门面临挑战，要找到一种解决方案，该解决方案将为其他两个站点增加预算增加。它成立了一个委员会，以找到可接受的解决方案，该解决方案将提供所需的覆盖范围，而不会损害当前的覆盖范围。经过几个月的不同情况，我们决定恢复志愿者计划。当然，提出的问题是，您如何将志愿者计划重新栩栩如生？
Most of us are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to bring a dying victim back to life. When taking CPR courses, I learned that the key to a successful resuscitation was following the “ABCs.” So, to bring our volunteer program back to life, we developed our own set of ABCs, which follow:
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