National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

2. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation TEEX Leadership Development Symposium 2014

3. A GRATEFUL NATION – Honor, Assist and Prevent 3

4. Family Counseling and Support Services Lending Library Project Roll Call Quarterly Newsletter Remembrance Card Program State Benefit Study Survivor Support Network Survivors Conference Scholarships Hal Bruno Camp for Kids Family Support Programs “Forever in our Hearts”

5. National Memorial Weekend • Survivor Tribute • Welcome Reception • Opening Ceremonies • Family Day Activities • Red Helmet Ride • Memorial Chapel Visits • Candlelight Service • National Tribute

6. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation 2014 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend October 4-6, 2013 89 Fallen Heroes Honored 2013 - ?? 200 + Families attended 200+ Returning Survivors For more information, visitwww.firehero.org

7. National Memorial Park

8. Texas LODD’s to be Honored in 2014

9. Everyone Goes Home® We Honor the lives of those who have fallen by taking the lessons learned and never letting it happen again. Not judging, not pointing fingers… 9

10. Everyone Goes Home® Statter Video 10

11. Everyone Goes Home® If you new you could save a firefighters life the next time you show up at the firehouse, would you do it? 11

12. Everyone Goes Home® If you new you could save a firefighters life the next time you show up at the firehouse, would you do it? What if it meant that you would have to tell them to put their seat belt on? 12

13. Everyone Goes Home® If you new you could save a firefighters life the next time you show up at the firehouse, would you do it? What if it meant that you would have to tell them to follow a written policy? 13

14. Everyone Goes Home® If you new you could save a firefighters life the next time you show up at the firehouse, would you do it? What if it meant that you had to stop an unsafe act during an emergency incident? 14

15. Everyone Goes Home® If you new you could save a firefighters life the next time you show up at the firehouse, would you do it? What if it meant that you would have to tell them to follow a written policy? 15

16. Everyone Goes Home® Is doing things “Right” a sign of weakness? 16

17. LODD Root Causes Lack of Effective Policies & Procedures. Unpredictable Event Lack of Personal Responsibility Lack of Leadership Lack of Appropriate Decision Making Lack of preparedness

18. LODD Root Causes Lack of Leadership Lack of Effective Policies & Procedures. Unpredictable Event Lack of Personal Responsibility Lack of preparedness Lack of Appropriate Decision Making

19. Everyone Goes Home® Who’s The Leader? Who’s responsible to make the notification to a surviving family member that their loved one is not coming home? 19

20. Chicago - Everyone Goes Home® Chicago Video – 30:42 to 31:19 20

21. Everyone Goes Home® Between 2004 – 2009 NIOSH Investigated 189 Incidents of Firefighter Fatalities. 213 LODD’s 99 Medical 90 Traumatic Incidents (36 Motor Vehicle Related) 17 Involved Multiple Fatalities 21

22. Everyone Goes Home® 22

23. Everyone Goes Home® 1,167 Recommendations produced for Corrective Action 35 High Frequency Recommendations Derived Six related to Medical Fatalities 29 Related to Trauma 23

24. 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Define and advocate the need for a cultural change within the fire service relating to safety; incorporating leadership, management, supervision, accountability and personal responsibility. Enhance the personal and organizational accountability for health and safety throughout the fire service. Focus greater attention on the integration of risk management with incident management at all levels, including strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities. All firefighters must be empowered to stop unsafe practices. Develop and implement national standards for training, qualifications, and certification (including regular recertification) that are equally applicable to all firefighters based on the duties they are expected to perform. Develop and implement national medical and physical fitness standards that are equally applicable to all firefighters, based on the duties they are expected to perform. Create a national research agenda and data collection system that relates to the initiatives. Utilize available technology wherever it can produce higher levels of health and safety. Thoroughly investigate all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near misses. Grant programs should support the implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement. National standards for emergency response policies and procedures should be developed and championed. National protocols for response to violent incidents should be developed and championed. Firefighters and their families must have access to counseling and psychological support. Public education must receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life safety program. Advocacy must be strengthened for the enforcement of codes and the installation of home fire sprinklers. Safety must be a primary consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment.

25. 2013 – Texas LODD’s (11/25/2013) 25

26. LODD Root Causes Lack of Leadership Lack of Effective Policies & Procedures. Unpredictable Event Lack of Personal Responsibility

27. Layers of Responsibility Lack of Leadership Lack of Effective Policies & Procedures. Unpredictable Event Lack of Personal Responsibility Firefighter Company Officer Command Officer Senior Command Fire Chief

28. Lack of Policies and Procedures NOISH – Policies & Regulations Develop, implement, and enforce written standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Fireground operations. (13/20) Ensure that policies and procedures for proper inspection, use, and maintenance of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) are implemented to ensure they function properly when needed. (11/21) Develop, implement, and enforce a written Incident Management System to be followed at all emergency incident operations. (10/22) 28

29. Lack of Policies and Procedures NOISH – Policies & Regulations Ensure that the Incident Commander completes a size-up of the incident and continuously evaluates the risk versus benefit during the entire operation. (18/10) Ensure that water supply is established and hoses laid out prior to crews entering the fire structure. (17/11) Ensure that a separate Incident Safety Officer, independent from the Incident Commander, is appointed at each structural fire. (14/12) 29

30. Lack of Policies and Procedures NOISH – Policies & Regulations Ensure that a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) is established and available. (13/13) Ensure that adequate numbers of staff are available to immediately respond to emergency incidents. (12/14) Ensure that the Incident Commander maintains the role of director of fireground operations and does not become involved in fire fighting efforts. (11/15) 30

31. Lack of Policies and Procedures NOISH – Policies & Regulations Ensure that ventilation is closely coordinated with interior fire suppression operations. (10/16) Ensure that the Incident Commander maintains close accountability for all personnel operating on the fireground. (9/17) Conduct pre-incident planning and inspections of buildings within their jurisdictions to facilitate development of safe fire ground strategies and tactics. (9/18) Establish and monitor a collapse zone (7/19) 31

32. LODD Root Causes Lack of Leadership Lack of preparedness Lack of Appropriate Decision Making Firefighter Company Officer Command Officer Senior Command Fire Chief Personal Responsibility? Organizational Responsibility? Both?

33. Everyone Goes Home®Planning and Incident Command NIOSH Training Train fire fighters on actions to take while waiting to be rescued if they become lost or trapped inside a structure. (15/23) Train all fire fighting personnel in the risks and hazards related to structural collapse. (12/24) Ensure fire fighters are trained in essential self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and emergency survival skills. (10/25) 33

34. Everyone Goes Home®Planning and Incident Command NIOSH – Equipment Ensure that fire fighters wear a full array of turnout clothing and personal protective equipment (i.e., SCBA and PASS device) appropriate for the assigned task while participating in fire suppression and overhaul activities. (23/26) Use a thermal imaging camera (TIC) during the initial size-up and search phases of a fire. (13/27) Ensure that all fire fighters are equipped with radios capable of communicating with the Incident Commander (IC). (11/28) 34

35. Everyone Goes Home®Planning and Incident Command NIOSH Communications Ensure that team continuity is maintained. (18/29) Ensure that fire fighters conducting interior operations provide progress reports to the Incident Commander. (11/30) 35

36. Everyone Goes Home® When Does Leadership Begin? • Does not begin when the bell rings • Is required on a daily basis • Must be consistent • Must be predictable To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.  ~Confucius 36

37. Everyone Goes Home® Leadership Challenges • Marginalization • Diversion • Attacked • Need for Approval • Our Own Shortcomings 37

38. Everyone Goes Home® Response to Leadership Challenges • Size-up • Distinguish between technical problem/adaptive challenge • A Fire Chief can write a policy, but peers change the culture • Find out where people are • Find the underlying meaning • Read the authority figure for clues (Not the Chief) 38

39. Everyone Goes Home® Response to Leadership Challenges • Orchestrate the conflict • Create a holding environment • Control the temperature • Pace the work • Recognize influences and pressures English Proverb " A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. " 39

40. Everyone Goes Home® Response to Leadership Challenges • Hold Steady • Learn to take the heat • Let the issues ripen • Focus attention on the issue What you allow, you encourage.  ~Michael Josephson 40

41. Everyone Goes Home® Response to Leadership Challenges • Stresses of Leadership • Stay Mission Focused • Who’s Responsible/What’s the cost • Find like-minded leadership “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” ― Mark Twain 41

42. Chicago - Everyone Goes Home®

43. Chicago - Everyone Goes Home®

44. Line of Duty Death Prevention Thank You Victor Stagnaro – vstagnaro@firehero.org

45. Line of Duty Death Prevention How can we better serve?