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Leadership on the line: Seat Belts Past, Present, Future

 
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Leadership on the line: Seat Belts Past, Present and Future

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About 45% of the fire service does not wear their seat belt when riding in emergency vehicles. Firefighters have been and will be injured and killed because they were not using their seat belt. This problem is not new; it persists today, and will not change in the future until we the fire service take responsibility and buckle up.

Today’s show continues the National Seat Belt Pledge Campaign. The program objective is to have 1,000,000 firefighter’s sign the pledge to wear their seat belt by June 21, 2007. The impact objective is to reduce the number of firefighters kill because they did not have their seat belt on by 100% in 2007. In other, words from now on: every firefighter, driver, company officer, and chief officer will wear their seat belt. We will take responsibility for ourselves and each other.

Related Links:
National Seat Belt Pledge (PDF)
NIOSH: Traumatic Occupational Injuries
VFIS Newsletters
National Seat Belt Pledge Homepage

Special thanks to TrainingDivision.com for their dedication and participation in the National Seat Belt Pledge campaign.

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October 27th, 2006 | Posted in Leadership on The Line | Email a Friend | 5 Comments »

You WILL manage YOUR SCBA AIR !

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THE SMOKE FIRE FIGHTERS WORK IN…Myths, Mis-Understandings & FACTS!

In this episode of THRU THE SMOKE, Chief Goldfeder and his guest Captain Mike Gagliano from Seattle will discuss their Firefighter Air Management program and YOUR survival. While “packing up” is a good start to lengthening your ability to keep RESPONDING to fire calls and maybe even be around long enough to have grand children, KNOWING how to MANAGE your air-and those of your firefighters carries it to a whole other level. This episode of THROUGH THE SMOKE features discussions on the Rule of Air Management, how Firefighters are dying in structures, the Point of No Return, the Changes coming in January 2007 to NFPA 1404 respiratory standard…and some critical understanding of Smoke and
Cyanide….for ANYONE that responds to fires-from Chief to probie!

Related Links For This Show:
• http://www.firemansfund.com/dcmsSites/heritage/html/itf_index.html
• http://www.bart51.com/
• http://manageyourair.com
• http://www.cyanidepoisoning.org/
• http://www.firehouse.com/lodd/2001/az_reportapr5.html
• http://www.amazon.com/Mouth-Dragon-Toxic-Fires-Plastics/dp/0895294400
• http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/mar_3_05_ribriefing.htm
• http://www.firehero.org/
• http://www.firefightersforweldon.com/
• http://www.michelinman.com/news/08152006.html
• http://www.peoplesburnfoundation.org/toHellandBack.html
• http://www.fortworthfire.com/
• http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/

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October 13th, 2006 | Posted in Through The Smoke | Email a Friend | 5 Comments »