Resources for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health

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Author(s):	Steven N. Foley National Fire Protection Association
Details:	ISBN-13: 9780877654865 ISBN-10:0877654867 Paperback 239 pages © 2003
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Overview

Is your fire department starting a safety program?

Resources for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health provides the practical guidance needed to successfully implement new safety proceedures. This text covers:

Fire service occupational safety, medical and health issues
Evaluation and planning of public fire protection
Risk management planning
Role of the Company Officer and Safety Officer
Investigating significant injuries
Checklists, forms and other resource materials are included

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Part I: Fire Fighter Fatalities and Injuries in the United States
Fire Fighter Fatalities in the United States, 2001

Fire Fighter Injuries in the United States, 2000

Part II: Fire Department Occupation Safety and Health Programs

Fire Service Occupational Safety, Medical, and Health Issues

Education and Planning of Public Fire Protection

Risk Management Planning

Role of the Company Officer and Safety Officer

Investigating Significant Injuries

Part III: Case Histories of Fire Fighter Fatalities and Injuries

Lessons Learned from Investigating Incidents

Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks

Residential Fire, Keokuk, Iowa, December 22, 1999
Fire Fighter fatalities, marks, Mississippi, August 29, 1998
Six Career Fire Fighters Killed in Cold Storage Warehouse Building Fire, Worcester, Massachusetts
South Canyon Fire Investigation (Storm King Mountain)

Part IV: Checklists, Forms, and Other Resource Materials

NFPA Forms, Worksheets, and Checklists

Line-of-Duty Death Resources for Fire Departments

Sample Incident Management Forms

Health, Fitness, and Wellness Resource Directory

Guide for Fire Department Administrators

Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness Initiative

Index

ShowAbout the Author(s)

Steven N. Foley

Steven N. Foley serves as a Senior Fire Specialist with NFPA, with responsibility integral to fire fighter health and safety and fire service organization and deployment. In addition, he responds as a member of NFPA’s Fire Investigation Unit and serves as Chair of the standards development and coordination subcommittee in the CBRNE arena for the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability. He has both graduate and undergraduate degrees as well as completion of the Executive Fire Officer Program with conjunction with the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mr. Foley has edited and authored numerous texts related to the fields of public fire protection. He continues to instruct and lecture both in the United States and abroad.

National Fire Protection Association

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, building, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden for fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. Developer of the National Electrical Code®, and 300 other codes and standards through a full, open-consensus process, NFPA also produces educational curricula, including the Risk Watch® community-based injury prevention curriculum and the Learn Not to Burn® fire safety curriculum. NFPA headquarters is in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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