View from the Street - Sept. 2014

By Eric Reddeck, NFFF * Everyone Goes Home Advocate, HRFSOC@cox.net

Governors, Mayors, City Managers, and Agency Heads - As of September 4, 2014, reports of First Responders Killed in the Line of Duty are: 70 Police Officers, 58 Firefighters, 7 EMS, 10 Towers, and unknown number of Safety Service Patrol personnel. I ask what have you done this year to make your agency safer? How many injuries, deaths, and lost days at work has your agency had in 2014? How many workers had to retire or leave their job due to an injury? Does your agency meet OSHA and your industrial safety standards? How many safety topics were on the agenda at your agency staff meeting this year? Does your agency have safe buildings and equipment to operate? Does your agency follow National Best Safety Practices?

- TIM Network http://timnetwork.org/
- FHWA Traffic Incident Management http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/eto_tim_pse/about/tim.htm
- Responder Safety Learning Network http://learning.respondersafety.com/
- Fire Learning Network http://www.fireherolearningnetwork.com/
- IACP * Officer Safety http://www.theiacp.org/CenterforOfficerSafetyandWellness
- Towing and Recovery Association of America http://www.towserver.net/
- Safe Highways http://www.safehighways.org/
- TIM NETWORK Facebook National Traffic Incident Management Coalition
- IAFF Health, Safety, Medicine http://www.iaff.org/hs/index.htm
- NFPA 1500 Health and Safety http://www.vfis.com/documents/NFPA1500.pdf
- VFIS http://www.vfis.com/additional-materials-downloads.htm

2014 - Killed in the Line of Duty

Police Officers 70 http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2014?ref=sidebar

Firefighters 58 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/

EMS 07 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm

Towers 10 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org

Eric Reddeck hrfsoc@cox.net
NFFF Everyone Goes Home Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com