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Firefighter safety and scene management
Hi Guys, I have been assigned to write a research paper in one of my classes (minimum 8 pages) and the topic is an overview of firefighter safety and scene management. Below is my instructor's requirements;
"The paper should be technical in nature and avoid gravitating toward
editorializing of firefighter budgeting as a significant consideration
regarding the proposed topic."
Some things I am looking for are close calls, different methods of how other departments manage fire scenes, etc. Basically I am writing this from a firefighter's point of view and am looking for others' input. Any articles (citations are most helpful) or other publications are most helpful and welcome. Thanks so much for your help.
"The paper should be technical in nature and avoid gravitating toward
editorializing of firefighter budgeting as a significant consideration
regarding the proposed topic."
Some things I am looking for are close calls, different methods of how other departments manage fire scenes, etc. Basically I am writing this from a firefighter's point of view and am looking for others' input. Any articles (citations are most helpful) or other publications are most helpful and welcome. Thanks so much for your help.
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Permalink Reply by T.J. on
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Try, www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com this may help you out :)
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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on
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After going through ROAM training last night (rules of air management) this is a MUST have for your paper.
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Permalink Reply by Ken on
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I have not read the other replies you have gotten, but I think you should include the following: Tactical Priorities, Resources available for equipment, Water Supply, try to put on paper what you can do that has a positive effect on fire ground operations. Questions to ask would be, Can I do Search and Rescue and Fire Attack at the same time, or do I have to manage my personnel accordingly. Accountability is a must.
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Nelson on
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If you go to www.firefighternearmiss.com They have thousands of nearmiss reports. You just type in a key word like driving or fire attack or any topic you want to research and it will give you a report on that topic. Just go into search reports in the top tabs I use it a lot for my classes.
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Permalink Reply by Christopher J. Naum, SFPE on
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I would highly recommend looking at the following specific areas: The Near Miss Reporting System Reports and the NIOSH Reports. As a MAJOR reference go to the Everyone Goes Home Program site; Read up on the FF Safety Summits, ( READ the white papers and reports-invest the time to understand what is challenging the US Fire Service and the adverse trends in FF LODD) read up on how the 16 FF Life Safety initiatives got started and where safety is headed relative to the fire service....invest the time to understand the dynamics...then you'll be able to write a well thoughtout and researched paper...
http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/
http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/
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Some reports for your research
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USFA%20Fatality%20study%201990-2000.pdf, 2.8 MB -
ff_fat07.pdf, 3.8 MB
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fire_report.pdf, 6 MB
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It's not just the recruits. Many members of the fire service don't take a lot of variables into consideration and end up calling a Mayday when their vibralert or bell goes off for low air alarm. At this point if your deep inside a dwelling or commercial structure (added with adreniline and at times fear) you become a little disoriented and piss through your air faster. It has LODD and near miss written all over it. (unfortunately there are plenty of NIOSH reports and Firefighter close calls to prove it)
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