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July 2008 Newsletter
 What Did You Do for 2008 Fire/EMS Safety, Health, Survival Week? |
The members in the department enjoyed the presentations that were offered to them as part of the safety week. We had a guest speaker come in and give a presentation on responding safely and scene safety. In addition, various presentations were given from the Everyone Goes Home website. We will be participating in the future and will be doing this type of training more than 1 time a year. I have incorporated training segments from your site onto our monthly training calendar and we are shooting to have more safety weeks in the future.
- Dep. Chief Scott Owen, Marshfield Fire & Rescue Dept. (WI)
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We had a personal trainer come in and talk about exercise. He also went through a couple of diffrent exercise programs with us. We also had a dietician come in and talk about healthy eating and healthy living. We talked about scene safety, driving safety, and station safety.
- Training Ofc. Duane Gerke, Harrisonville Emerg. Svcs. (MO)
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Planning ahead, determining available resources and making choices. That is what this year's Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week was all about! Every possible resource is available to you, as the Chief, to do all that is possible to keep the wallet pictures smiling. No one else can have the impact that a Chief can when we want to - and the buck stops there.
» Read: The Full Story
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Our department conducted traing on the near miss reporting system and refresher training on Traffic Control policies. -
Chief Mike Gallagher, Sneads Ferry Vol. Fire Dept. (NC)
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The Bethel and Stony Hill (CT) Fire Departments came together on Monday June 23, 2008 to host the Courage To Be Safe(SM) program to kick off Health Safety and Survival Week. Durring the program, 39 members signed the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge. - Training Ofc. Bill Cadella, Bethel Fire Dept.
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We had three 7 - 8 hours of training, including review of our Safety SOG's, Chief Goldfeder presentation titled: And the Best Goes On. Administration kicks off each session and allows the district Chiefs and Company Officers time to present issues that bring safety forward. Firefighters and Officers review near miss incidents and complete discussion on how to apply skills which would reduce our injuries or death. Our goal is Everyone Goes Home at the end of the shift! - Frank Herndon, Orlando Int'l Airport Fire/Rescue Dept. (FL)
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The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has received a $1 million Fire Prevention and Safety Grant to produce firefighter life safety training and materials as part of the Everyone Goes Home® Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program.
The Everyone Goes Home® program relies on many partner organizations to help implement the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives. These partners offer unique expertise. The Emergency Responder Safety Institute (ERSI) is one of those partner organizations.
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Home Fire Sprinklers - A Firefighter's New Best Friend
RB-64 is the proposal to put residential fire sprinklers into the codes for new home construction. The vote on RB-64 will be held at the ICC final action hearings in September. Educating everyone in the fire service on this critical vote is a major focus for the IAFC Fire & Life Safety Section. We urge all who are eligible to register as ICC voting members and attend the hearings.
In support of RB-64, Fire & Life Safety Section has produced an eye-catching sprinkler campaign t-shirt and colorful car decals, both displaying the message Home Fire Sprinklers Save Firefighters' Lives. Both items will be distributed free-of-charge at Fire-Rescue Int'l in Denver to anyone who stops by:
» IAFC-FLSS Residential Sprinkler Booth (Lobby L6)
» Section booth in IAFC Member Services Pavilion
Stop by and visit with them to learn how you can register to vote
and how you can obtain funds to attend the meeting if you are in financial need.
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The IAFF has partnered with four fire service research organizations* to conduct a study to determine what staffing levels, response times and deployment of resources work best when responding to variety of fire or EMS events in an effort to minimize the safety risks to fire fighters, paramedics and the public.
Congratulations are in order for Louisiana Advocate Jeff Pardue for putting together the state's first Courage to Be Safe(SM) Train-the-Trainer Program held on June 13, 2008, at the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. Advocate Jeff Pardue dedicated the class to Firefighters Eric Speed and Riley Terrebonne; both Louisiana firefighters who were killed on March 29 and April 21, 2008, respectively.
All of the major North Dakota fire service organizations have signed a resolution endorsing the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives program. Signing the resolution is the North Dakota Firefighters Association, Professional Firefighters of North Dakota, North Dakota Fire Chiefs Association and the North Dakota Metro Chiefs Association. The fire service of ND has taken a stand to help reduce line of duty deaths and injuries by endorsing the FLSI program.
The Everyone Goes Home® Program would like to welcome Jake Rhoades to the Everyone Goes Home® team. Jake will be representing Oklahoma as an Everyone Goes Home® State Advocate.
The Everyone Goes Home® Program would like to welcome Tim Reeves to the Everyone Goes Home® team. Tim will be joining Patrick R. Pauly and Edward Mann in representing Pennsylvania as an Everyone Goes Home® State Advocate.
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Spotlighting one of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives each month
Initiative #10 - Grant programs should support the implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement.
More on Initiative #10:
More Information: 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives | Share a Resource: editor@everyonegoeshome.com
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NIOSH recommends that all fire departments utilizing aerial ladder trucks with locking (pin-anchored, lever actuated, clamped) waterways immediately take the actions to reduce the risk of firefighters being struck by unsecured waterways or parts of the waterway.
» Read: What Actions to Take
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Firehouse Expo - Baltimore, MD
July 23, 2008
Read More: » About the Event
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Wright Township VFD, Montain Top, PA
July 28, 2008
Read More: » About the Event
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Fire-Rescue International - Denver, CO
August 12, 2008
Read More: » About the Event
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Letter to the Editor:
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Update:
Frank Underwood, (June Newsletter, He Thought He Was Healthy) is doing well. Just two weeks after his surgery, he was elected President of the Maryland State Firemen's Association. He is continuing to recover and is learning a lot about a healthy diet. We would like to thank everyone for the cards, well wishes, and support.
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Jen, first off let me say that I hope your father is recovering well. I read your letter in the newsletter and commend you for the 2x4 between the eyes approach to drawing attention to this issue. I suffered from a cardiac related incident this year that I am recovering from. In the long run I believe that the event was a blessing in disguise in that it moved me from the suppression side to the inspection/investigation side. I was the guy who could out eat just about anyone at the firehouse table. I was overweight but not tremendously but enough that I knew it needed to be fixed. Since the event I have really changed my habits with eating and exercise. It forced a few of the brothers to reevaluate their lifestyles too. All but 3 or 4 have reverted back to the old ways of overeating, lack of exercise, and complaining that the department should make a fitness program mandatory. I try to tell them that once it's made mandatory that they'll sit around and complain about having to do it. They are the ones who can effect change and they are the ones to benefit the most but for the most part they can't see it. Just the other day our 14 new hires were made to do 30 push-ups. Only one could do over 20 and the rest struggled to do 5!!! Of the 14, 5 are grossly overweight and they all smoke! Later in the month I get to do a presentation about my incident. And I'm not taking any prisoners with this one. Thanks for the inspiration and the knowledge that there are others that are just as frustrated. My goal is not relapse and go back to the ways of the past. I don't want to be replaced as an escort in Emmittsburg, because someone has to escort my family!
Deputy Fire Marshal John Crist
Hagerstown, MD
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