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Fire Department Web Site Issues

    As you have no doubt found true of your own department and of others, too often when we and others try to visit a web site of a VFD or EMS department, we find one or more of the following:

• you can't find them, with a simple web search,
• the department's web site no longer exists,
• the link now re-directs to another NON-fire/EMS site,
• nobody at the department knew the web site's address,
• e-mail bounces back to you and all other the senders,
• contact links don't exist or they are out of date,
• vital and fundamental information is not on the web site,
• the web site is hosted on some real cheap free service full of pop-up ads,
• the web site generally looks cheap and they have many broken links,
• it has a long domain name other than the department's .com or .org name,
• the site doesn't generate revenue (on-line sales) or donations,
• the web site doesn't reflect the professionalism of the department,
• nobody is regularly maintaining the web site,
• the site hasn't been maintained or updated in a few years, and
• the department's web site generally isn't functional.

    This is a huge problem for every VFD and EMS department.  Like any other business, even volunteer, combined and EMS departments are growing more dependent upon computers and web technologies on a daily basis.  This is true if you need to file for a grant on-line, or you are seeking other form of financing or donations and the finance company or donating company needs information or wishes to contact you through your web site. 

    Very few departments have members who know how to completely code a web site, set up an e-commerce web site, effectively manage a web site, market the web site, achieve high search engine rankings, or to be a server administrator.  Some folks say they can do this or they know someone who can do this, but you know the result of what happens when someone just talks a good game.  In short, if your site isn't professional, functional and others can find it and then use it to contact you and get a response . . . YOU LOSE!

    We are pleased to offer computer systems and both the web hosting service and the web site development for volunteer fire, combined and EMS departments; because these are now essential for all successful and professionally managed departments.  They are also growing necessary to make and generate revenues.  How much revenue has your department lost in the form of grants, donations, on-line sales, or the ability to get low interest tax-exempt leases?

    What we do at VFD-EMS, to provide our high quality professional services is:

        Recommend and provide a viable domain name selection and acquisition
        Provide web hosting, with your own domain name (yourVFD.com)
        Perform your web site development
         Install E-commerce and other on-line revenue generation solutions
        Perform search engine optimizations, submissions, and other on-line marketing
        Provide assistance in obtaining VISA/MC merchant accounts for on-line sales and donations
        Perform all web site management and server administration

    Does your volunteer fire department need a web site, upgrade of your existing web site and/or affordable web site hosting?  If so, contact us.  We can help you get your own .com, .net, or .org domain name, host it and help you to develop a functional and professional on-line presence.

Last modified: July 26, 2008

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