Fire and Emergency Services Safety & Survival (2nd Ed.)
Auteur : Ford Travis
Modern solutions, procedures, and recommendations that put safety first
The Fire service has long been considered a profession plagued with a history of unavoidable tragedy. As the number of line-of-duty deaths and injuries continues to be staggering year after year, Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival exposes the false mentality of ?doing whatever it takes? and provides solutions for both the individual and fire department. Built around the 16 Life Safety Initiatives developed by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, each chapter is written by a contributor with extensive expertise on the topic, incorporates FESHE and NFPA references guidelines, and helps readers understand how to execute procedures and recommendations for putting safety first. Filled with modern solutions, attainable goals, and real-life examples, the text asks each reader to challenge the existing attitudes toward safety and commit to making a change.
1. Fire and Emergency Services Culture
2. Personal and Organizational Accountability
3. Risk Management
4. Unsafe Practices
5. Professional Development
6. Medical, Fitness, Rehab and Performance Standards
7. Data Collection and Research
8. Emerging Technologies
9. Fatality and Injury Investigations
10. Grant Programs
11. Emergency Response
12. Occupational and Behavioral Health in the Emergency Services
13. Public Education, Code Enforcement, and Residential Sprinklers
14. Emergency Response Vehicles and Equipment
Mr. Ford is the director of the Fire Science Technology Program at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee. In addition, he serves as an adjunct instructor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Emergency Training Center in several areas, including the National Incident Management System, Incident Command for High-Rise Operations, and Fire Protection Systems for Emergency Operations. Mr. Ford holds an associate’s degree in Fire Science from Tennessee State University, a bachelor’s degree in Fire Administration from the University of Memphis, and a master’s of science degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Tennessee. He has also completed the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.
- Meets the updated FESHE guidelines for Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival
- Covers the complex, challenging, and unforgiving environments that fire professionals find themselves in everyday.
- Includes references to professional organizations and initiatives, including the National Firefighter Life Safety Summit, the 16 Life Safety Initiatives, and the Everyone Goes Home® Program.
- Accessible to all fire service personnel interested in developing and maintaining safe practices and habits in the line of duty and creating a culture of change.
- Engages readers with the four-color Brady Fire Series Design.
- Reinforces learning and retention with Introductions, Key Terms, and End-of-Chapter Review Questions used throughout
Updated coverage of the latest guidelines, standards, trends, and practices
- UPDATED: “A Review of Fire and Emergency Services Line-of-Duty Deaths”: All the statistics have been updated.
- NEW: Chapter 1, “Fire and Emergency Services Culture”: An explanation of the normalization of deviance has been added, as has information on the National Safety Culture Change Initiative. Also, new sections have been added on the national EMS culture of safety including the theory of planned behavior, the SLICE-RS model, and the Courage to Be Safe program.
- NEW: Chapter 2, “Personal and Departmental Accountability”: New sections on the training officer and EMS have been added.
- NEW: Chapter 3, “Risk Management”: New discussions have been added on the Admiral Rickover approach, Dynamic Risk Assessment, risk management during wildland urban interface operations, fire department and community preparedness for wildland/urban interface, and use of technology for wildland/urban interface.
- UPDATED: Chapter 4, “Unsafe Practices”: Added to this chapter are new secti
Date de parution : 05-2017
Ouvrage de 400 p.
20.1x25.1 cm
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