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National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
News Release

Emmitsburg, MD - The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) through the Everyone Goes Home® Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program is proud to announce the upcoming release of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4.

Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4, which will be mailed out in summer of 2009, is the latest in the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit series. The first Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit was released in the summer of 2006. These kits include video training and resources designed to help reduce firefighter line-of-duty injuries and deaths.

Volume 4 includes easily deployable fire service training on two DVDs and one CD. Some of the video training materials include: Smoke Reading, Rapid Intervention Teams, Calling the Mayday, Seatbelt Use, Pre-Planning and Fitness. CD resources also include support materials for each of the video training modules included.

Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4

The Everyone Goes Home® program will be shipping this kit to over 35,000 U.S. fire departments. Once the kit is released, departments who have not received a copy may request a copy online. Previous versions of the Firefighter Life Safety Resource Kit are available for download on the EveryoneGoesHome.com website at: http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/kits/.

Each year over 100 firefighters die in the line of duty, and 10,000 firefighters are seriously injured. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation created the Everyone Goes Home® program, based on 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives, to reduce the number of preventable firefighter line-of-duty deaths.

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Executive Director Chief Ron Siarnicki notes "This is the fourth video in the series that has been produced by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Through our partners and the Assistance to Fire Act Grant program we continue to carry the safety message throughout the fire service community. It is our hope that as departments view this excellent training medium they continue to display the courage it takes to be safe."

About the Everyone Goes Home® Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program
Everyone Goes Home® is a national program by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries. In March 2004, a Firefighter Life Safety Summit was held to address the need for change within the fire service. Through this meeting, the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives were produced and a program was born to ensure that Everyone Goes Home®. For more information about the Everyone Goes Home® Program visit www.EveryoneGoesHome.com or contact us at 1-877-344-0361.

About the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF)
The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America's fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the nonprofit foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers. With the support of fire and life safety organizations and funding from Fireman's Fund and the Department of Homeland Security, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation launched a major initiative to reduce firefighter deaths. Its goal is to reduce line-of-duty firefighter deaths by 25 percent in five years. For more information on the Foundation and its programs contact us at 301-447-1365 or visit www.firehero.org.

Related:

* Everyone Goes Home® Program to Release Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4
* Video: Preview Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kit Volume 4
* Volume 1: View & Download Resources
* Volume 2: View & Download Resources
* Volume 3: View & Download Resources
* All Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Resource Kits