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November 2009 Newsletter
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Ever since the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation received word that it was successful with its FIRE Act grant, members of the Everyone Goes Home® program have been planning for the implementation of the projects identified in the year five application. I have been retained to manage the program and I am excited about the possibilities. I am fortunate to have a dedicated team who are all committed to the mission of reducing line-of-duty deaths (LODDs).
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It is truly an honor to have been asked to return and serve as the Advocacy Manager for year five of the Everyone Goes Home® program. Back by my side to help lead us through is the Assistant Advocate Manager Steve Kimple, as well as, Dan McDonough, who will serve in a special projects and advisory role for the Advocacy program.
The 2009-2010 effort will focus on growing the Advocates Program, making it more responsive, providing them the resources and tools to be effective and measuring their progress. In FY 2009, the Advocates Program will reach out to fire academies, chiefs and training officers and "senior" respected fire personnel to establish a lasting culture of firefighter safety in firehouses across the country.
The Everyone Goes Home® Program team should aggressively pursue Courage to Be Safe® outreach delivery in a manner that focuses on program saturation and embedding it at all levels of the fire service including, firefighters, officers, chiefs, stations and companies, departments, states, regions and the nation.
I know many of you have read or heard about the book, Who Moved My Cheese? For those who haven't, you should invest in a copy of it and spend the 30 minutes or so for you to read it. This book speaks volumes about change!
More than 3,000 people die in home fires each year in the United States; most of whom are in homes without a working smoke alarm. To prevent these deaths, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is sponsoring a nationwide Install. Inspect. Protect. Campaign designed to raise awareness about how working, properly installed smoke alarms can lower a person's chances of dying in a fire.
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