Case Study: Offensive Fire Attacks

Having adequate resources, including personnel, equipment, and water is essential to a successful operation. Improper implementation of the ICS system, as well as not having accountability for the firefighters involved in a fire as large as the Pawtucket event, are serious safety issues that could have proved disastrous for the firefighters in this incident. Safety is the first rule in firefighting with the end goal that everyone goes

This paper will look at NFPA 472 and what it does to protect the FireFighter. NFPA 472 is a very interesting standard as it is the standard of competence of responders to hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction incidents. The purpose of this standard is to specify the minimum effectiveness for those who respond to hazardous materials and WMD incidents and necessary for a risk based response to the incidents. Hazmat situations can be a very tricky situation with all the recently introduced acids and gasoline of the current era. NFPA 472 keeps the FireFighter safe and effective on duty.

NIOSH found the following (2009) Ensure that fire fighters receive essential training consistent with national consensus standards on structural firefighting before being allowed to operate at a fire incident, develop, implement, and enforce written standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fireground operations, ensure that fire fighters are trained to follow the two-in/two-out rule and maintain crew integrity at all times, ensure that adequate numbers of apparatus and fire fighters are on scene before initiating an offensive fire attack in a

At around 0030 11/16/16 I Sr. Officer Chad Stephenson of Siena Heights University (SHU) Department of Public Safety (DPS) was approached by resident student Stanley Saunders to report that his jacket was stolen out of his dorm room 409 on 11/15/16 between 1400-2300. Saunders stated that after he come back from a meeting at around 1230 he took his jacket off and but it on his bed. Then at around 1400 the left his room to go and hung out with some friends, when he came back at around 2300 he noticed his jacket was missing. Saunders searched his room, and talked with his roommates to see if any of them seen it but they all said no. The jacket is described as an Black North Face theremoball full zip up and is a size XL, Saunders states that he only bought it around a month ago.

This commission helped usher in much needed changes on the labor side, which after a few years developed into the New York State Department of Labor (aflcio.org, 2017). The fire also helped fire departments not only in New York City, but all over the Nation at that time, make changes to how they operate. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which was founded in eighteen ninety-six, declared at its annual meeting right after the fire, to all departments nation-wide, how important fire-drills were to life safety (Teague & Farr, 2009). A few years later the NFPA formed the Committee on Safety to Life to help with fire codes, regulations and departments. Several years after its development, they adopted revised specifications to fire escapes, and worked on specific regulations to exits to buildings and the Building Exit Codes (Teague & Farr, 2009). All of their work helped bring items like fire drills, egress from buildings, sprinklers, fire escapes, and other building code changes. Fire Departments all over the Nation were also helped and their eagerness to improve and update their equipment to meet the needs of a changing, and more industrialized and upward-bound Nation took full effect. Improved safety nets, ladders and equipment to reach taller buildings, more water access points and better personal safety equipment were all a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the efforts of the

As I was going through my records, I have noticed that your department (fire) is not fully NIMS compliant and this is something that I would love to work with you on completing as soon as possible. By not being NIMS compliant, it can cause many difficulties to rise against your department, especially when it comes to federal funding and even state funding. For example, you are immediately eliminated from even applying for numerous federal grants due to not being NIMS compliant. This is also the case at the state level. If your state receives federal funding and has the opportunity to give that out to local agencies, your agency would either be towards the bottom of the list to receive or would possibly not receive anything at all due to your department not being up to date on your NIMS training and compliance.

Law enforcement, both full-time and part-time, along with the volunteer fire department members are the necessary personnel. Due to the physically challenging nature of moving through a warm zone scenario, in concert with law enforcement, while wearing tactical protection gear, complete with field medical supplies, not all fire personnel would be prudent choices for the tactical response team. This would likely be identified during any training, especially the functional exercise. The fitness level of law enforcement should also be a consideration despite the fact that their physical workload would be less.

Angalia Bianca is a women who spent 12 years in prison. Angalia started off her story by telling everyone some background knowledge on herself. She was homeless for 20+ years and battled a heroin addiction for over 36 years. Angalia use to be a part of a gang when she was younger which she thinks play a role in how effective she is when she’s spreading peace. Angalia has since then stated working with Ceasefire/Cure Violence at the University of Illinois Chicago. Ceasefire is a program that was created to prevent violence and fatal shootings. Bianca became a public advocate and working with cease fire due to all the corruption she have witnessed over her years. She also stated that she is tired of kids getting killed. She wants to make a change

Inherently the fire service operates in high-risk environments to facilitate the role of preserving life safety and property conservation. How these incidents are managed and safeguarded by our administration

The mutual aid agreements are usually mandated in law and negotiated as legal contracts. These are prearranged agreement, which may or may not have a financial component, to provide essential resources when local resources are inadequate to meet the needs of a disaster. An agreement, however expressed, identifies which agency controls certain resources in the field and how and when they may be reassigned. Agreements help create working relationships between agencies and governments and my facilitate trust. These aid agreements are common both in conventional emergency management and in homeland security matters.

Department of Transportation. The fireworks are all of high- quality, so no special storage was required.

With support and training from area hospitals on the administering of Naloxone, firefighters will learn to embrace their role in the opioid crisis. Furthermore, the AFD will develop and host several internal meetings to discuss the importance of protecting the community from all threats, not just traditional fire department roles. The Chief staff will be tasked with exploring financial options for training all firefighters to be at the minimum an emergency medical technician, but also identify financial sources to fund some firefighters to become paramedics. A paramedic program will take the time to develop due to the expensive equipment and medical direction, but will greatly enhance the fire department 's ability to protect the community. It will take some time to change the culture and opinions about EMS calls, but open communication and encouragement from the Chief and staff will help to motive firefighters to adopt the change.

Mutual aid agreements are essential for allocating resources, equipment, and personnel between jurisdictions through intrastate, interstate, private organizations, and nongovernmental organizations agencies in the event of an emergency situation that exceeds the capabilities of the local agencies. Intrastate agencies mobilized by a mutual aid agreement consist of resources within the state that can provide support to the requesting department. During catastrophic events, interstate sources activated through a mutual aid agreement are comprised of resources from other states that are able to support the operations required when state resources are incapable of providing adequate aid. Private-sector organizations, nonprofit organizations, and nongovernmental organizations provide additional support in times of crisis when the organization has necessary resources to sustain operations. Emergency situations that may arise and benefit from the resources established in an existing mutual aid agreement include mass casualty incidents, fire and law enforcement situations, natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes, and terrorist attacks.

However, I believe that with the help of special interest groups and advocates speaking with representatives that with enough movement the issue can be discussed. Another major issue that may arise once there is a requirement for departments to incorporate a health and wellness is compliance. However, I feel like this was a similar challenge that was a concern when NIMS was enforced to create interoperability. Like the NIMS implementation I believe that creating a more firefighter focused fire service will be supported by enough departments that it can be successful carried out. The last obstacle that may occur is funding grants for firefighter survival training. To overcome this challenge there may need to be a change of focus in funding opportunities in the emergency services to support the betterment of those serving the communities around the

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health will not change legislation regarding safety in the near future.