Each year close to 100 hundred firefighters die in the line of duty. 80,000 are injured. There is no estimate on number of near misses each year. In an effort to reduce the number of LODD's the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation developed 16 Life Safety Initiatives. Initiative #9 is thoroughly investigate all firefighter deaths, injuries and near misses. Investigation of these events is a complex process that needs to be preplanned. …

I will be speaking on the Continuing Challenge in Sacramento next week.

Click here for a link to the conference website

Wednesday  1:30-3:15 Keeping Your People Trained

This is a review of the training requirements in the HAZWOPER standard and how my agency provides refresher training to over 600 responders.

Thursday 3:45-5:30 I Just Got an OSHA Citation: What Do I Do Now?

Fire…

I am currently reading a book a came across when searching through Amazon. It's called Leadership in Dangerous Situations edited by Patrick J Sweeney, Michael D. Matthews, and Paul B. Lester. The subtitle is A Handbook for the Armed Forces, Emergency Services, and First…

November 14-18, 2011

Fresno Convention Center

Registration is open atwww.calchiefs.org.

I am teaching an 8 hour class on Firefighter Accident/Near Miss Investigation on Wednesday.