Fire Compliance Report

Fire incidents that have not been taken care of earlier have been known to bring a lot of tragedy. These tragedies are like destruction of properties that are worth of millions and most importantly the loss of human life. Therefore, firefighting measures needs to be followed carefully and seriously because fires accidents are very dangerous. The national fire protection association (NFPA) is an organization that is charged with the settings of standards that involves fire protection and some other lifesaving endeavors. NFPA has played a big role in fire preventing since its foundation and some of them are outlined below. But the standard 25 is the one that will be on focus.

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

Police work can be dangerous because with any situation they face, there can be a possibility that it results in personal injury or death to the officer. Throughout their line of worker, there are many variables that create constant dangers for police officers. They are responsible for ensuring everyone’s safety, which means if an incident occurs they must correct the problem. Any of their every day duties can lead to an accident as a result of the offender’s, victim’s, or officer’s actions. Dangerous incidents can take place during their police duty can happen while: responding to a code 3, responding to traffic violation, involved in pursuits, or making an arrest (Brucia). These incidents

Last week my department lost a police officer to the first tenet, not wearing his seatbelt.

Fire district 13 is located in the forested valleys and steep foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range at the base of Mount St. Helens. Access to our district, primarily reached by one main county road, is limited. With automatic mutual aid to neighboring districts with, major rail, and freeway- interoperability is key. Located above the Cascadia Subduction zone, Clark County is due for a catastrophic earthquake. The area that includes fire district 13 is a transitional zone between unoccupied forest land and human development. Being a part of the wildland urban interface zone puts us at a higher risk for wildfires.

“Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters” (Brillstein & Reitman, 1984). In 1984, a very popular comedy movie “Ghostbusters” hit the big screen and this quote from the movie seemed to stick in everyone’s head. Today, the question that seems to be raised when there is a crisis or emergency situation is “Who you gonna call? The fire department”. In today’s society, the fire service has become the “catchall” for every kind of emergency. Do you agree? Fighting fire is still a big part of the fire service, “in 2015, every twenty-three seconds a fire department was responding to a fire” (NFPA (Ed.), 2015). However, the fire service has evolved from just “putting the wet stuff on the red stuff” mentality, to a profession of highly trained and skilled firefighters. Ever since the discovery of fire there has been a need for methods to manage it if, and when, it gets out of control. Throughout history, to keep up with the changing environment in which we live, civilization and the fire service have made numerous changes. With fewer fires, and more products being manufactured from plastics and other dangerous chemicals, the fire service must be vigilant in developing new methods to keep firefighters safe and justify their job while providing the most efficient service for the citizens.

City management requires all departments to have a safety committee to investigate safety issues and accidents occurring in the workplace. During the last eighteen months, two of our engine companies were involved in collisions; one while responding to an incident and the other while operating at an incident on the interstate. Determining fault is tasked with law enforcement, we must determine if our personnel operated safely. Recommendations for safer department practices is within the scope of the committee. Changes that we have made recently include: having a blocking apparatus on all highway incidents to shield the working engine. A written recommendation was sent to the chief of the department requesting the city traffic light department work with the Texas Department of Transportation to install optic-coms at intersections that are regulated by that agency. Looking for trends in accidents and injuries to improve safety and reduce time loss and costs for the department. Back injuries are responsible many workers compensation claims for the Waco Fire Department. Some of the injuries involved responses regarding bariatric patients. Attempting to reverse the trend by recommending the department purchase titan tarps to move these patients in lieu of

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Validity claims are deriving from the potentially unbalanced and discriminative approaches to determining ones capabilities through and within the City of Lakewood’s firefighter program. Claims of standardized equipment restricting the physical capabilities of one’s movement is effecting ones results, however, fire retardant boots and gloves are required for the protection of firefighters during the course of duty and should not be compromised. The main purpose is to ensure the individuals are mentally prepared, conditionally effective, and supplied with the abilities to endure prolonged periods of exposure to highly intensified situations. Although such requirements are demanding, strenuous and potentially hurtful, it is extremely vital that when delivering products of public

Rules and regulations are put in place so that one can have a safe working a safe environment, not only for oneself, but for everyone in the fire department. One will discuss the major problems, potential solutions and recommendation to correct the problem.

When it comes to responding to a fire, safety should override any other potential concerns. It is the responders’ responsibility to ensure the safety of victims, onlookers, potential witnesses, and other

During our career as a firefighter or as an officer, whether we like it or not, we will be appointed to conduct in service inspection at business within the city. We all recognized that conducting an inspections is not necessarily the most exciting function in a fire service. With this assignment, I will try to express how my platoon and I as a company officer would proceed to achieve an inspection at a high risk facility in my community. The goal is to conduct the inspection during peak hours so that we can witness how safe the business is. The facility that we will be using for this assignment will be the Aquatic Center. In addition to the public pool, the Centre also operates a day care on the second floor.

Several National Guard and Reserve Centers operate in extremely old structures and with today’s highly technical engineering equipment running them could become hazardous. With inadequate fire protection systems to eliminate the potential of a fire hazard the potentially of a serious event occurring is possible. One of the more dangerous problems in older structures is an outdated electrical system that poses the risk of fires and/or electrocution. By means of old wiring standards and the breakdown of wire insulation, electrical hazards exist. The lack of wire insulation, incomplete circuit devices, mislabeled circuits components, current conductivity, overhead lines and proper grounding, personal protection must be closely watched for

Firefighter injuries and deaths have a significant impact on organizations, families, and the community. The price is paid with the lives of the firefighters, their families, and the dollars and resources of the taxpayers. The actual cost is difficult to determine since there are many variables, however the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) produced a report in 2005 attempting to put a cost to firefighter deaths and injuries. Data for this 2005 study was not comprehensive and many of the sources were unqualified, however the estimates are still considered credible by the authors. The estimates were based on: costs associated with overtime, investigations, physical fitness programs, lost time from work, prevention related

The greatest threat facing the Modern Fire Service is the rate at which firefighters are dying in the line of duty. Excluding the terrible event of 9/11 that occurred in 2001 that forever changed the dynamics of the emergency response services1, firefighter deaths have averaged around 100 fatalities each year for the since 1990. This unacceptable rate of firefighter deaths has found its way to be a benchmark in the industry. The problem is that the benchmark should be zero firefighter deaths while on duty and every year that there is a fatality is a year that the fire service has failed its members. The number one cause of firefighter related deaths yearly is proven to be medical, stress, or overexertion related fatalities2. All of these causes of firefighter deaths can be avoided with implementation of training and awareness.