Founded in 2003 by Arthur Femister, a nationally recognized expert in the field of volunteerism with over 17 years of combined service himself, the Public Safety Volunteer Institute has served the needs of over 800 Police, Sheriff's and other public safety agencies via it's highly rated workshops, "How to Recruit, Manage, Reward and Retain Public Safety Volunteers" and "Grants and Fundraising for Your Volunteer Unit".

Based on the feedback and needs of our workshop clients and other volunteer coordinators, volunteers and agencies who utilize volunteers, VIMS was created. Over three years of design, planning, development and programming went into creating VIMS with the end result being what we believe to be the most highly integrated software application of it's kind for the field of volunteerism!

We invite you to explore VIMS and see for yourself how this highly integrated, feature rich web based application can make you and your volunteers more productive while reducing liability for your agency and increasing your overall impact to the community you serve!