The IAFC, NFFF and NVFC encourage all members of the fire service to familiarize themselves with the credible and valuable tools and resources that are available to assist firefighters and their families who may be coping with depression or thoughts of suicide.

If you could save a firefighter from a line-of-duty death, wouldn't you? If you could stop a fire crew from an intersection accident, wouldn't you? If you knew your closest firefighter friend was going to have a heart attack performing fire attack, search and rescue, or while performing overhaul, would you let it happen? Of course you wouldn't. The next question to contemplate then is this: Why do we continue to lose more firefighters to heart attack and vehicle accidents each year?

A journal entry from Chief Ron Kanterman on the Everyone Goes Home® Program in the new year.

2011 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Chicago Fire Department Release New Video
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Launches FF Life Safety Initiatives Website
• Mine Hill Fire Department Fights for Seatbelt Use to Keep Fatalities Down
• Firefighter Deaths & Injuries: Research Needed
• Assessing What They LACK: Accountability is Critical
• NFFF Joins Hundreds to Honor Burn Victims and Call Attention to Fire Safety Issues
• Entire Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Pledges to Buckle Up! So Everyone Goes Home®
• Motorola Solutions Foundation Awards $1 Million to NFFF for Scholarships and Safety Initiatives
• Cargo Tank Driver Rollover Prevention Video
• Still Working So...Everyone Goes Home
• SOAR Training Available for Burn Injured Firefighters and Their Loved Ones
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Receives Grant for Furthering Life Safety Initiatives
• NASCAR Driver Joey Logano Encourages Firefighters to Wear Seatbelts
  » Wear Your Seatbelt & Sign the Pledge: everyonegoeshome.com/seatbelts
• Courage to Be Safe®: Chicago Fire Department Video Preview
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Partners with IAFC and IAFF for Safety Week 2011
• Raleigh/Seattle Accident Prevention Video Urges Departments to Wear Seatbelts
  » Video: City of Fairfax Fire Dept. Receives Compliance Certificate
  » Wear Your Seatbelt & Sign the Pledge: www.everyonegoeshome.com/seatbelts
• Peers Offer Support for Burn Injured Bravest
• Redesigned Seatbelt Pledge Is Ready To Roll
    » Learn More: www.everyonegoeshome.com/seatbelts
• Did You Know Heart Disease Causes 45% of Deaths Among U.S. Firefighters While on Duty?

2010 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• Attention Firefighters: Focus Group Participants Needed!
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Vision 20-20 Would Like Your Help - Take a Community Risk Reduction Program Survey
• ACT NOW! Contact Your U.S. Senators, Ask Them to Support S.3756 on September 23, 2010!
     » Help Raise Awareness: A Message from the Fire Service
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Announces Winners of Safety Video Contest
• Pre-Ordering Now Available for the New 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Textbook
• NFFF Announces a Series of Commemorative 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb Events
• New Safe Firefighter of the Month Program Recognizes Outstanding Performance
• NFFF Announces National Roll Out of New Behavioral Health Initiative
• Leadership, Accountability, Culture, and Knowledge Training Evaluated
• Residential Fire Study Report Issued
  » Download: Report on Residential Fireground Field Experiments
  » Video: Watch Footage from the Experiments
• Bob Colameta Receives George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award
• Safety Summit Sparks Change in Culture
  » U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin Cochran: Becoming Fully Involved in FF Safety (PowerPoint)
• Safety, Health & Survival Week 2010: Fit for Duty
• Eddie's Story
  » Watch: Eddie's Story » Take the Pledge: Always Wear a Seatbelt
• Everyone Goes Home® and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Launch Video Contest
  » More: About the Everyone Goes Home® Video Contest
  » Download: Everyone Goes Home® Safety Video Contest Entry Packet
• North Dakota Fire Fighter's Association Receives Everyone Goes Home® Seal of Excellence Award
• February is American Heart Month
• Recruit-Level Training: Community Fire Prevention and Public Education

2009 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Behavioral Health Initiatives
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Supports the USFA's Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign
• USFA Releases U.S. Firefighter Fatalities Report
• The Deadline is October 14th - Are You Committed to Making a Difference?
  » An Open Letter to the Fire Service
  » Call to Action: Mobilize to Defend IRC Fire Sprinkler Requirements
• National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend Held
• Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program Survey
• Courage to Be Safe® Deep in the Heart Of Texas
• Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4 Released to 35,000+ Depts. Nationwide
• Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week - Please Tell Us How It Went!
• Everyone Goes Home® Program to Release Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kit Volume 4
  » Also: View & Download All Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kits
• Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 3 Now Online
     » Request a Copy of Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kit Volume 3
     » Also: Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kits - Volumes 1 & 2
• February is American Heart Month
• Help Everyone Goes Home® and USFA Sound the Alarm for Increased Prevention & Education
• Personal Protective Equipment Is Our Life Line

2008 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• Rama Fire Rescue Service Leads Ontario in Seat Belt Safety Initiative
• Photo Vault - New to EveryoneGoesHome.com
• Common Building Material Poses Deadly Threat to Firefighters
     » WISN Video: Fire Dangers May Be Hidden Beneath Your Feet at Home
• In the Line of Duty: Firefighter Deaths in the U.K.
• 'Fit to Fight' Video Promotes Firefighter Fitness
• Save a Life, Tell the Story Contest Announced
• NFPA Releases 2007 Firefighter Injury Report
• 2008 Memorial Weekend Honors Fallen Bravest
       » Visit: 2008 Memorial Weekend Website | View Photos: From the Weekend
• Has Your Department Taken the Seat Belt Pledge?
• Resolution: Supporting a Change to the International Residential Code to Require Fire Sprinklers in One - and Two-Family Dwellings and Townhouses (Initiative 15)
• Resource Kit Volume 3 Sent to Over 30,000 Departments
• NFFF Receives Grant for Firefighter Life Safety Program
• North Dakota Fire Service Endorses the Everyone Goes Home® Program
• NVFC Health and Fitness Advocate Program
• Ionization and Photoelectric Smoke Alarms - What Both Contribute to Full Fire Protection
• Symposium to Address Reducing LODDs
• 2008 Safety, Health and Survival Week - June 22-28
• $1M Grant Announced for Johns Hopkins Research to Prevent Firefighters Fatalities
• Mississippi Names State Advocate for Everyone Goes Home® Program
• FDNY Honored for Commitment to Firefighter Life Safety
• Beatrice, Neb. Fire Dept. Takes Seat Belt Pledge
       » Also: Dearborn Fire Dept. Takes the Seat Belt Pledge
       » Also: PSA Promotes Firefighter Seat Belt Safety
       » More: Firefighters Honored for Dedicaton to Safety
       » Take the Seat Belt Pledge: Click Here to Download
       » Download: A Seat Belt Poster
• Legislation Introduced to Promote Firefighter Safety Standards
       » Also: Kerry, Brown Introduce Legistlation to Keep FFs Safe
• NVFC, USFA Report Health & Safety Issues for Volunteers
• Firefighter Seat Belt Petition | Watch the Video:
• February is American Heart Month
• North Dakota Fire Service Receives $79,000 for the Courage to Be Safe Program
• Nominations Now Being Accepted for Sarbanes Fire Safety Leadership Award
• USFA Kicks Off Smoking & Home Fires Campaign
• Everyone Goes Home® Program Presents the Facilitation Skills and Initiatives Implementation Workshops
• Phase II of Line of Duty Death and Injury Reduction Study Completed
       » Final Reports: Phase I | Phase II
• America's Fire Heroes Whistle Stop Tour Bus Wrap Receives International Award
       » More: Full Coverage of the Whistle Stop Tour
       » Also: NFFF Whistle Stop Tour Bus Gains Top Honor
  

2007 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• Take Survey for Chance at Smoke & CO Alarms for Your Department
• Research on Traumatic Stress in Firefighters Benefits NFFF
• 2007 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend Honors 91 Firefighters
       » Photos | About the Weekend | Firefighters Honored
• Metro Atlanta Fire Chiefs Make Resolution
• Firefighter Health, Safety and Survival Online Database Launched
• New Firefighter Life Safety Learning Media Center Launched on EveryoneGoesHome.com
• N.J. Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program to Hold Showing of Critically-Acclaimed Documentary
• Time to Stand Up and Be Accounted For
       » Related: Fire Loss in the United States During 2005 (Full Report)
       » Related: Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition
  
• Whistlestop Tour "An Overwhelming Success"
• America's Fire Heroes Whistlestop Tour: Click Here for Full Coverage
• 2007 Stand Down: IAFC Announces 2007 International Fire and EMS Safety Stand Down
• Virginia Fire Officers Academy Presents "Safety Through Leadership" Course
• 1 More Killed 3 More Injured: Flaw in Our First Line of Defense
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Plans 17-City Firefighter Life Safety Whitlestop Tour
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to Host Prevention Mini-Summit

2006 Firefighter Life Safety News:

• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Announces Release of Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kit
• National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Relaunches Firefighter Life Safety Website
• Activity Schedule and Resources Developed for 2006 Stand Down