Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 1
Define and advocate the need for a cultural change within the fire service relating to safety; incorporating
... [Show More] leadership, management, supervision, accountability, and personal responsibility.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 2
Enhance the personal and organizational accountability for health and safety throughout the fire service.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 3
Focus greater attention on the integration of risk management with incident management at all levels, including strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 4
All firefighters must be empowered to stop unsafe practices.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 5
Develop and implement national standards for training, qualifications, and certification (including regular recertification) that are equally applicable to all firefighters based on the duties they are expected to perform.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 6
Develop and implement national medical and physical fitness standards that are equally applicable to all firefighters, based on the duties they are expected to perform.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 7
Create a national research agenda and data collection system that relates to the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 8
Utilize available technology wherever it can produce higher levels of health and safety.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 9
Thoroughly investigate all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near-misses.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 10
Grant programs should support the implementation of safe practices and procedures and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 11
National standards for emergency response policies and procedures should be developed and championed.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 12
National protocols for response to violent incidents should be developed and championed.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 13
Firefighters and their families must have access to counseling and psychological support.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 14
Public education must receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life safety program.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 15
Advocacy must be strengthened for the enforcement of codes and the installation of home fire sprinklers.
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 16
Safety must be a primary consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment. [Show Less]