Maintaining volunteer firefighter numbers: Adding value to the retention coin

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 40-47

  McLennan, Jim ^a   Birch, Adrian ^a   Cowlishaw, Sean ^a   Hayes, Peter ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70349138102     PISSN: 13241540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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