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1 Unit VII Project: The Future of Community Risk Reduction Adam Acevedo Columbia Southern University FIR 6302-21.01.01-1 B24-S1, The Fire-Executive’s Role in Community Risk Reduction Professor Donald R. Adams Sr. 8/27/2023

2 https://youtu.be/N-nm3y11mAY?si=hkaTsxAbCfw0eVUI Hello ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of my presentation is to bring the attention to the challenges and opportunities that will be faced by community risk reduction (CRR) in the future. About me: Thank you for the opportunity to tell you about myself. I’m 42 years old, married, and have been with my wife for 18 years. I have two kids, a boy and a girl, 11 and 13 years old. I've been with Orange County for 15 years I started off at station 31, which is a semi-busy station. I wanted to become truck qualified so I transferred over to station 30, which is very busy. The station runs between 8,000 to 9,000 calls a year, and this is where I got truck qualified. I spent about a year there, and I was mandatory to Truck 41 for about four years, and I've always had a passion for EMS, so I decided to become a paramedic once I became a medic I was taken off Truck 41 and was on rescue 41 for about a year, and then I wanted to get closer to home, so I went to station 80 and was on the rescue for about another three years during this time I gained a lot of experience on the EMS side which is what I wanted since the majority of our job is EMS related, I then got promoted to engineer for about a month then I got promoted again and went back to station 30 where I’ve been for the last 5yrs, I have gained a lot of experience in command of scenes, personnel issues and administration, and being a leader I’ve also been a part of the pre incident plan program since 2020 where I have learned about building construction and different tactics and strategies to use throughout the county and I’m also apart of the peer support team which is a program to help firemen with mental health issues.

3 The community risk reduction that we are facing currently are the lack smoke detectors in homes. We run on busy house fire calls and most of them are due to no smoke detectors in homes. We need more smoke detectors in homes, which can help reduce those house fire calls. We need to come up with a plan that will help educate the residents to understand the importance of smoke detectors in homes and going around door to door by introducing ourselves to them so they can feel comfortable with us and that way we can help install the smoke detectors in their homes. We have to gain the trust of the people in the community by welcoming them to an open house at the fire station to get to know them and letting them open up to us with any question or concerns. Listening to the residents to know what is needed. The methods that can be used to spread the word would be networking such as handing out brochures that have important information about smoke detectors and phone numbers to call with any questions or help with install. Having a meeting within the community and inviting residents and letting them talk about any issues or concerns they might be having, so we can know and understand how to implement our community risk reduction plan and so it can be a successful one in the future. Also, social media is a good tool to use that can easily be used and share important news and information on there as well. Fire Service Culture Fire Service Culture is important part of a community risk reduction plan. According to “Understanding the Fire Service Culture, having an unhealthy culture can result in good people leaving. Having a healthy culture can be a valuable asset that can help with the CRR bureau

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