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Length of Service Award Programs (LOSAPS) are pension-like programs increasingly used across the United States to assist communities in recruiting, retaining and rewarding volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel. With (86% of all fire departments being volunteer ) fire departments, communities are increasingly seeking tools to assist them in boosting the ranks of volunteers. The (Losap ) is a simple tool that can be implemented cost-effectively and with minimal taxpayer expense. Conversely, if enrollment numbers drop low enough, many municipalities can be forced to convert to paid departments potentially (costing states and counties millions ) in extra spending. Enrollment in volunteer fire departments has (dipped 10% ) in each of the past two decades, making LOSAPS and other recruitment tools extremely important to the communities that count on the (nations more than 30,000 fire departments ). ==References== 〔U.S. Fire Administration〕 〔USA Today〕 〔Firemans Association of the State of New York〕 〔Penflex〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Length of service award program」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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