By Eric Reddeck, NFFF Everyone Goes Home Advocate -http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
Management by Walking Around and for First Responders Management by Driving to Scenes and looking Around. Could save the Agency Head the trip to the employees Family Members home or hospital trying to give comfort for a Line of Duty Death or serious injury.
Kenn Fontenot of National Volunteer Fire Council wrote ” Without strong, forceful leadership at the highest level, any and all safety programs will have limited or no success. http://www.nvfc.org/news-and-events/news/3966-a-dream-is-just-a-dream-until-you- take-action “
Leaders Questions : It is June how many safety meetings has your agency held in 2015? Does your agency meet your industry safety standards ? What is your agency’s safety goals for 2015 ?
Crews Questions : What was your agency’s safety goals for 2014 ? Does your crew wear their seatbelts everytime the vehicle moves ? Does your crew do After Action Reviews after every response?
Journey to Safety Excellence - National Safety Council - $ 1.42 Million Possible savings for each avoided Occupational Fatality http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/JSE-Infographic.aspx
2015 Killed in the Line of Duty
Police Officers 64 http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2015?ref=sidebar
Firefighters 46 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/
EMS 05 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm
Towers 16 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org
FHWA Traffic Incident Management http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/eto_tim_pse/about/tim.htm
Responder Safety Learning Network http://learning.respondersafety.com/
NFFF Fire Learning Network http://www.fireherolearningnetwork.com/
IACP * Police 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
Eric Reddeck hrfsoc@cox.net
NFFF Everyone Goes Home Advocate http://www.everyonegoeshome.com
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