FIREFIGHTER
LIFE SAFETY INITIATIVES
Power Point
Presentations 1 2 3
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1.
Define and advocate the need for a
cultural change within the fire service relating to safety; incorporating
leadership, management, supervision, accountability and personal
responsibility.
2.
Enhance the personal and organizational
accountability for health and safety throughout the fire service.
3.
Focus greater attention on the
integration of risk management with incident management at all levels,
including strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.
4.
All firefighters must be empowered to
stop unsafe practices.
5.
Develop and implement national
standards for training, qualifications, and certification (including regular
recertification) that are equally applicable to all firefighters based on the
duties they are expected to perform.
6.
Develop and implement national medical
and physical fitness standards that are equally applicable to all
firefighters, based on the duties they are expected to perform.
7.
Create a national research agenda and
data collection system that relates to the initiatives.
8.
Utilize available technology wherever
it can produce higher levels of health and safety.
9.
Thoroughly investigate all firefighter
fatalities, injuries, and near misses.
10. Grant programs should support the implementation of
safe practices and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement.
11. National standards for emergency response policies
and procedures should be developed and championed.
12. National protocols for response to violent
incidents should be developed and championed.
13. Firefighters and their families must have access to
counseling and psychological support.
14. Public education must receive more resources and be
championed as a critical fire and life safety program.
15. Advocacy must be strengthened for the enforcement
of codes and the installation of home fire sprinklers.
16. Safety must be a primary consideration in the
design of apparatus and equipment
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