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#1
The Houston Fire Department has Identified and implemented a program for firefighters dealing with suicides. Through the extensive research and development of this program is has been determined that suicide are increasing among firefighters. I am asking for any departments that have implemented or considering implementing such a program for their firefighters to please contact myself so that we may put something in place on a national level to protect and save our fellow brothers and sisters in their time of need. For now stay safe and take care.
Elmer F Williams II
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#2
I am working on my EFO Applied Research Project (APR) concerning vaccine preventable diseases. I request that this survey be forwarded to the Infection Control Officer (or equivalent) within your organization. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. The link to the survey is listed below.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=1MKDU0R5vQZKt_2bkY9tQZRA_3d_3d
Mark Quick, Division Chief/Safety Officer
Phone: 970-382-6007
quickmc@ci.durango.co.us
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#3
We are in the process of updating our on scene personnel accountability procedures. I am interested in any SOGs, class material, and best in class type of lessons learned regarding the Passport system. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Be safe,
Michael West- Training Chief
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
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#4
I was wondering if any of your organizations have mandatory exercise time during the duty shift. If you do, or do not, do you know of any studies that have shown the benefits. I have found a few studies and ARP's, but would appreciate any information that any of you may have.
Thanks again.
Eric J. Hall
Des Peres Department of Public Safety
Fire -
Des Peres, MO. 63131
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#5
I'm looking for any SOP's or SOG's for a Respiratory Program and Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan. We're updating ours and looking to make it better.
Ryan Murphy
Ryan J. Murphy
Department Secretary
Patchogue Fire Department
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#6
Based upon current developments with the H1N1 (swine flu) threat, we are developing an internal SOP/G or contingency plan to deal with the possibility of an Influenza Pandemic. Specifically, staffing mission critical positions, utilization of day staff on apparatus, limiting time off, family support, etc. Basically a “what if” type document.
There’s a lot of information out there on the web, but I’m really looking for a short concise Fire Department specific SOG if one already exists.
Thanks in advance, any help would be appreciated.
L. Keith Teague
Deputy Chief/Planning Division
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#7
I am looking for your help in identifying departments that maintain an annual training plan. If you have a documented annual training plan that spans a specific period of time (most common is 1 yr to 18 months) please drop me an e-mail letting me know who in your organization I may contact to get more information, or a copy of the annual training plan.
If you have access to your departments annual training plan, I would appreciate a copy of it for my research.
Thanks in advance for your assistance, and willing to return the favor if you need it.
Beach Park Fire Department
3233 N. Lewis Ave
Beach Park
847-662-2642
C-847-561-5781
Howardandson@aol.com
phoward@beachparkfd.org
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#8
We are researching the re-chassis of two 8-year old medium-duty Type III custom ambulances (Freightliner chassis), and trying to identify what needs to be included in the bid specifications. We've never done this before and we don't want to miss important details on the bid. Has anyone else done this, and if so, could I see your bid specs? Thanks!
Tony McDowell
Captain / Resource Manager
(804) 270-4425 office
(804) 833-2955 cell
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#9
I am looking for any training ideas that you have seen or use to train your personnel on "interpretation" and understanding how the thermal imager works and what you may be looking at in acquired structures excluding burn to learns. As an example, heating up a rescue randy in a car before placing it in an acquired structure to do search drills with "
Captain Haines
charles.haines@ci.medford.or.us
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#10
Budget cuts are forcing us to scale back on allowing our personnel to attend outside training. We would like to put together a list of requirements (classes, certifications, areas of expertise, etc) for each rank level from the chief all the way to entry-level firefighter. Many departments call this a career path chart, or something similar. If your department has such a program, I would love to look at it for designing such a document for our department.
Byron Sutton
Assistant Fire Chief
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#11
The Metro West Fire Protection District is seeking samples of various strategic planning templates. We are currently in the process of long-term planning and would like to adopt a best-practices approach. Information can be e-mailed to the address below.
Edward M. Beirne
Assistant Chief, Special Operations / Chief Training Officer
Metro West Fire Protection District
Phone – 636.458.2100 extension 134
Cell – 636.262.3303
Fax – 636.458.2199
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#12
Does anyone know of any statistical research done specifically detailing injuries sustained while handling (loading/reloading) large diameter hose?
Thanks,
Lieutenant Ray Wachsmann
City of
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#13
I am assisting a shift member in collecting data on injuries sustained (minor to major) or equipment damaged as a result of doing "in house" hose testing by fire department members. I appreciate all help.
FF/PM FTO Chris Truitt
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2009 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 38 LODD’s
2008 U.S. Line of Duty Deaths 114 LODD’s
Visit FIREFIGHTERNEARMISS.COM and check out the Report of the Week(ROTW) for an incident description followed by review questions designed to spark discussion. We can all learn from these.
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LESSONS LEARNED INFORMATION SHARING
LLIS.gov Partners with US Fire Administration
As part of its continual effort to improve information sharing across the emergency response and homeland security communities, LLIS.gov launched a new partnership with the US Fire Administration (USFA). The USFA strives to provide national leadership to local fire and emergency services departments. To highlight the new partnership, LLIS.gov has created a new USFA Resource Page where members can access USFA technical and special reports, related LLIS.gov original content, featured documents, and valuable links. To access the resource page, log onto LLIS.gov and click on US Fire Administration under LLIS.GOV PARTNERS.
The LLIS.gov Team continues to post new Lessons Learned, Best Practices, Practice Notes, and Good Stories to the system on a regular basis. Weekly updates about new original content can be found in the NEW LLIS.GOV CONTENT box on the homepage of LLIS.gov. LLIS.gov recently posted the following original content documents drawn from USFA Technical Reports:
Lessons Learned
- Fire Operations: Determining if Local Water Systems Can Meet Demand during Major Fires (Reno, NV Twelve-Fatality Hotel Arson, 2006)
Fire departments’ pre-planning processes should determine if local water systems are capable of meeting the demand necessary for fighting major fires. - Incident Management: Locating Public Information Operations Close to the Command Area (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider locating public information operations in close proximity to the command area. - Emergency Management: Updating Incident Action Plans Throughout an Incident’s Response (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should consider having incident action plans routinely updated during extended response activities. - Fire Operations: Training Personnel in Specialized Tactics for Incidents at Power Plants (Rhea County, TN Watts Bar Hydroelectric Plant Fire, 2002)
Fire departments that have power plants located within their area of operations should ensure that their personnel are trained in the appropriate specialized tactics. This will enable the departments to respond successfully to incidents at the plants. - Incident Command: Appointing a Public Information Officer (Ardent Sentry Full-Scale Exercise, 2007)
Incident command should ensure that an appropriately trained individual serves as public information officer during an incident response. This individual should understand his or her media management responsibilities and should be able to interface with the emergency operations center and joint information center. - Incident Management: Identifying Remote Staging Areas (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Incident commanders should identify potential remote staging areas for use during response operations when resources may be exposed to unacceptable hazards. This enables incident commanders to relocate and protect resources from potential exposures. - Mass Evacuation: Planning for the Evacuation of Special Needs Populations (Apex, NC Chemical Fire, 2006)
Emergency managers should develop clear, concise plans that address the evacuation of their special needs populations in the event of an incident. - Pre-Incident Site Planning: Acquiring Diagrams and Plans for Power Plants and Industrial Facilities (Rhea County, TN
Fire departments should acquire diagrams and pre-plans for local power plants and other industrial facilities in their area. It is critical that these facilities provide fire departments with all information necessary to respond to an incident on their premises.
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LLIS.gov has partnered with the Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) to provide LLIS.gov members access to the EMR-ISAC’s free, critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information. Located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD, the EMR-ISAC was developed to collect, analyze, and disseminate timely, consequential information to assist in the practice of critical infrastructure protection by the leaders, owners, and operators of the nation’s Emergency Services Sector.
The EMR-ISAC, a no-cost information sharing program within the Department of Homeland Security, specifically provides information necessary to protect local internal critical infrastructures (i.e., personnel, physical assets, and communication/cyber systems that must be intact and operational 24 x 7) against all hazards, from natural disasters to terrorist activities. The program’s main focus is ensuring that emergency response leadership, their organizations, and local policy leaders have both the internal and external support and resources to aid in disaster protection, prevention, and response to enhance survivability, continuity of operations, and mission success.
The EMR-ISAC can be contacted at emr-isac@dhs.gov or 301-447-1325. To view the EMR-ISAC page on LLIS.gov, please click here or login to LLIS.gov and click on the EMR-ISAC link on the homepage. To subscribe for the free critical infrastructure protection (CIP) information disseminated by the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC), please click on the following link: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/infograms/index.shtm.
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