Great group idea. You can easily invite existing members of FFN to the group or use the Invite tab to bring in new members to the site to participate.
-Dave

Where is everyone, this should be the busyist web site of the whole web page. Safer is #1 all the time!! Did everyone forget???

This is great. If anyone has any questions about Hi-Vis vests, what types to wear, when to wear, what to look for what to avoid. Major experience here and advice is free. NO sales pitch here either, just buy the right vest first time and know when and where to wear it. Stay safe.
"If your feet are on the street, your vest is on your chest!

Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself, my name is Bill. I think this website is a really great asset to the fire service. I'm an Assistant Chief - Training of a paid department and teach alot of Command/Safety Classes. Feel free to check out my FFN page as I am looking forward to networking with others around the country.

Stay Safe.
FETC

On your last call, tour or incident response; what one thing could you have done differently that could have improved the safety of yourself, your team, company or those operating at the incident?

This is a great group and seeing how I recently taking over as Safety Officer in my department I hope to get some good ideas from this group to help me

Check out the posting on: Collapsing Masonry Wall Near Miss in the Building Construction & Firefighter Safety Group posted 08/10/2008.

well at least everyones clear away thats good

Just joined the group. Look forward to post.

Would like to join this group

What do you think that the minimum requirments should be to work as a safety officer for a fire department?

What do you think is the greatest safety issue facing responders during a multi agency response?

I found the inability to communiocate on a common frequency is a very dangerous situation.

Hello, I am a captain on the fire dept that i am on. I have taken the saftey officer class. I am hoping to get some new ideas from this group and leave some new ideas with you as well.

Phillip, NFPA 1521 tells you what a Safety Officer is & what we do. Those standards are sometimes difficult to meet but we should always TRY to come up to par with them. I can recommend some classes for you; first is Fire Department Incident Safety Officer which is a good class for all firefighters to have. FIRE DEPARTMENT HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER is a longer class that is more indepth. I can also HIGHLY RECOMMEND the Advanced Safety Operations Management from the National Fire Academy. Christopher has posted some really good references here & the Everybody Goes Home site is one of the best.

Being a safety officer doesn't mean you do rehab on scene or make sure everybody has his/her gear on & pass out water. There is more to it than some SOs realize or even the departments they are members of want to understand.

Here is another website that might interst you:
http://www.firerescue1.com/Columnists/Fire-Department-Safety-Officers-Association/

there are some good publications out there as well
http://www.delmarlearning.com/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=22594&isbn=1418009423

good luck

Great group....alot of info BE SAFE!!!

Outstanding site.

Where can I find a description of construction types?
Are there any self study course available on building construction, and indicators of construction types?

Awesome!

looking for to chating with you.

Retired but not dead yet. Former non IC positions of Agency Health and Safety Officer, Incident Safety Officer, and Type 2 Safety Officer. Looking forward to participating in the group.