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1. 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.
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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.
Duty and responsibility
Make EVERY DAY a TRAINING DAY….so that…
EVERYONE GOES HOME!
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