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Looks sharp...although the skyline looks a bit cartoonish
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Where's the corny Web address.. I can't stand that.
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Not feeling the skyline on the new ambulances either, but they didn't ask for my opinion when it was ordered...
As for the website, we have our website on the rigs at my VFD in 2-3" letters. We try to maintain a lot of connections to the community through social media and our website, so if it gets someone to check us out, we're good with that.
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Fire Chief - Huguenot VFD, Powhatan, VA
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The way you get funding is by getting public support. The way you get public support is by educating the public on what you do, so they have a very good idea of how important the work is. Part of educating the public is using the internet. Every fire department should have their website visible on their apparatus -- it's a rolling billboard for your agency, and it's publicly visible very, very often
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The City of Las Vegas Fire Department has a very good PIO that is out there and brings the department out in the open. Via Facebook, Twitter, etc..
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I can understand the public education part. Although I wonder how many folks punch in a website because they saw it on a vehicle. I think part of my issue stems from the theory that it opens the Door for advertising, which in essence is what's being done . But the idea of wallmart or dunking donuts logos like city buses doesn't sit well with me. And if it already isn't going on then I'm sure it's been tossed around by some bean counter that thinks it's a smart way to stretch a buck during tough fiscal times.
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Look at Prince Georges County's new trucks, they have those UCR bar codes or whatever they're called, departments are definitely reaching out on social media.
Trav!
Travis- Mill Twp. Fire Dept. Marion, IN.