Adrian Birch

Adrian Birch
Researcher

Publications authored

2009

Age and Motivations to Become an Australian Volunteer Firefighter
McLennan J, Birch A
Journal Article

Maintaining Volunteer Firefighter Numbers:Adding value to the retention coin
McLennan J, Birch A, Cowlishaw S, Hayes P
Journal Article

2008

Save that brigade! Recruiting and retaining fire service volunteers to protect your community
McLennan J, Birch A, Cowlishaw S, Suss J
Journal Article

Why Would You Do It? Age and Motivation to Become a Fire Service Volunteer
McLennan J, Birch A
Journal Article

2007

Factors impacting on recruiting and retaining Australia's volunteer firefighters: Some reseach evidence
McLennan J, Birch A, Beatson R, Cowlishaw S
Journal Article

NSW Grain Belt Community Survey 2005 - Evaluating the community s understanding about the NSW Rural Fire Service
Birch A, McLennan J
Journal Article

Recruiting and retaining Australia's women volunteer firefighters: Some research evidence.
McLennan J, Birch A, Beatson R, Cowlishaw S
Journal Article

Survey of New Volunteers At TWELVE Months: April-September 2005 Entry Cohorts-Revised
McLennan J, Birch A
Report

Volunteer firefighting: A job for a woman?
McLennan J, Birch A, Beatson R, Cowlishaw S
Conference Proceedings

Who's interested? The NSW Grain Belt community survey about volunteering with the NSW Rural Fire Service
Birch A, McLennan J
Journal Article

2006

Survey of ACT Rural Fire Service Women Volunteers
McLennan J, Birch A, Palmer A
Report

Survey of New Volunteers At Six Months: April-September 2005 Entry Cohorts
McLennan J, Birch A
Report

2005

A potential crisis in wildfire emergency response capability? Australia's volunteer firefighters
McLennan J, Birch A
Journal Article

Estimates of the Likely Impact on TFS Operational Volunteer Fire Fighter Numbers of Introducing Mandatory Fitness Standards
McLennan J, Birch A
Report

2004

Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Issues: A Review of the Literature
McLennan J, Birch A, Acker F, Beatson R, Jamieson R
Report

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Researcher

Resources credited

Poster

Better brigade leadership enhances retention of volunteers

Capability building in volunteers

Enhancing volunteerism by adapting to changing world

Recruiting and retaining Australia's volunteer firefighters

The availability of potential volunteers in communities in regional NSW

Volunteer firefighting: a suitable job for a woman?

Volunteer numbers and member tracking survey

Volunteerism Findings

Why do firefighters sometimes make unsafe decisions?

FireNote

Competing Demands for Volunteers

Research Report

Focus Groups with TFS Brigade Chiefs on the Leadership Development Needs of Brigades

Main Report - Volunteer Leadership Development Survey

RECRUITING AND RETAINING VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN AUSTRALASIA AN INTEGRATIVE SUMMARY OF RESEARCH