FIREFIGHTER LIFE SAFETY INITIATIVES
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Define and advocate the
need for a cultural change within the fire service relating to safety;
incorporating leadership, management, supervision, accountability and
personal responsibility.
2.
Enhance the personal and
organizational accountability for health and safety throughout the fire
service.
3.
Focus greater attention
on the integration of risk management with incident management at all
levels, including strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.
4.
All firefighters must be
empowered to stop unsafe practices.
5.
Develop and implement
national standards for training, qualifications, and certification
(including regular recertification) that are equally applicable to all
firefighters based on the duties they are expected to perform.
6.
Develop and implement
national medical and physical fitness standards that are equally
applicable to all firefighters, based on the duties they are expected to
perform.
7.
Create a national
research agenda and data collection system that relates to the
initiatives.
8.
Utilize available
technology wherever it can produce higher levels of health and safety.
9.
Thoroughly investigate
all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near misses.
10.
Grant programs should
support the implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe
practices as an eligibility requirement.
11.
National standards for
emergency response policies and procedures should be developed and
championed.
12.
National protocols for
response to violent incidents should be developed and championed.
13.
Firefighters and their
families must have access to counseling and psychological support.
14.
Public education must
receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life
safety program.
15.
Advocacy must be
strengthened for the enforcement of codes and the installation of home
fire sprinklers.
16.
Safety must be a primary
consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment
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