{"id":492,"date":"2019-10-08T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2025-01-17T22:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T22:03:35","slug":"losap-whos-it-for-and-whats-it-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/10\/08\/losap-whos-it-for-and-whats-it-for\/","title":{"rendered":"LOSAP &#8211; WHO&#8217;S IT FOR AND WHAT&#8217;S IT FOR?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The answer to this question is very important to consider when making decisions about how to establish, administer and even improve a LOSAP.&nbsp;<br><br><strong><u>Who\u2019s it for?<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;Clearly, the LOSAP is for the volunteers\u2014to financially reward them for their service to the community. But it is also for that very community, as LOSAP is a frequent tool used to help recruit and retain volunteer firefighters able to respond to emergencies.<br><br><strong><u>What\u2019s it for?<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;The answer to this question can help a municipality and fire department prioritize the goals of establishing or changing the LOSAP, and evaluate if the LOSAP is meeting those goals. Such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Compensate volunteers for their service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a retirement benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a death or disability benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motivate volunteers to attend certain activities or hold offices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage volunteers to stay active longer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruit new members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The way these are prioritized should help guide decisions. For example, most don\u2019t consider the subtle differences between providing compensation and a retirement benefit. Those are different goals, and prioritizing one over the other could make a difference in how a plan is designed or administered. We encourage you to consider these \u201cwhat\u2019s it for\u201d questions when thinking about future changes or decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The answer to this question is very important to consider when making decisions about how to establish, administer and even improve a LOSAP.&nbsp; Who\u2019s it for?&nbsp;Clearly, the LOSAP is for the volunteers\u2014to financially reward them for their service to the community. But it is also for that very community, as LOSAP is a frequent tool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4,5,6,7,8,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireflyadmin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}