NoJo
01-01-2011, 08:40 PM
Hey Everyone,
This past week we (Sooke Fire Rescue) launched a Facebook page. I've taken on the role of updating the page as much as possible.
Our Chief continues to keep our community informed and involved in our day to day existence. Chief Sorensen has a blog, which he updates regularly, but has found it is most often frequented by our own membership and media who may have missed a large incident.
The Facebook page is our attempt to be followed more regularly by the average person, and especially the younger population of our community. Being a composite department we face the obvious challenges every department like us faces - retention and recruitment of volunteers, and budget constraints to increase staffing.
By posting updates, and the occasional incident photos, we're hoping to entice some people to join the ranks, and inform the public on what we do and what they can do to help. Sooke is over 11,000 people and we run over 700 calls annually. Both of those numbers continue to climb rapidly each year. We have 5 career members operating on a 2 person platoon, 4 on - 4 off day shift only (7am-6pm) with the Chief on M-F 8:30-4:30.
I think our measure of success will be if the community feels more involved and informed, and provides any amount of feedback on the direction we take into the future.
Hopefully all you facebookers swing by to take a look, and maybe even some of you will follow us. If you have any feedback on what you'd like to see, or what you think would make the page better please let me know.
I'll post the results of how this has worked for the community by July or August after we get a decent look at its operations.
Sooke Fire Rescue Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sooke-Fire-Rescue-Service/173045749402583?v=photos#!/pages/Sooke-Fire-Rescue-Service/173045749402583)
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
-Cam
This past week we (Sooke Fire Rescue) launched a Facebook page. I've taken on the role of updating the page as much as possible.
Our Chief continues to keep our community informed and involved in our day to day existence. Chief Sorensen has a blog, which he updates regularly, but has found it is most often frequented by our own membership and media who may have missed a large incident.
The Facebook page is our attempt to be followed more regularly by the average person, and especially the younger population of our community. Being a composite department we face the obvious challenges every department like us faces - retention and recruitment of volunteers, and budget constraints to increase staffing.
By posting updates, and the occasional incident photos, we're hoping to entice some people to join the ranks, and inform the public on what we do and what they can do to help. Sooke is over 11,000 people and we run over 700 calls annually. Both of those numbers continue to climb rapidly each year. We have 5 career members operating on a 2 person platoon, 4 on - 4 off day shift only (7am-6pm) with the Chief on M-F 8:30-4:30.
I think our measure of success will be if the community feels more involved and informed, and provides any amount of feedback on the direction we take into the future.
Hopefully all you facebookers swing by to take a look, and maybe even some of you will follow us. If you have any feedback on what you'd like to see, or what you think would make the page better please let me know.
I'll post the results of how this has worked for the community by July or August after we get a decent look at its operations.
Sooke Fire Rescue Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sooke-Fire-Rescue-Service/173045749402583?v=photos#!/pages/Sooke-Fire-Rescue-Service/173045749402583)
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
-Cam