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International Association of Fire
ChiefsFirefighter Safety, Health Survival Week
Presents In Participation With

• Emergency Vehicle Policy

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Introduction

• The International Association of Fire Chiefs
  (IAFC) has identified three areas our emergency
  vehicle policy should address
• Always Buckle Up
• Always stop at stop signs and slow down in
  intersections
• Always drive the speed limit and drive defensively

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Statistics

• A 21 year old firefighter dies of multiple
  blunt-force injuries when the tanker he is
  driving veers off the road and rolls over.

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Statistics

• Responding to a mutual-aid call, a fire chief is
  killed when the tanker he is driving at 58 mph
  skids out of control on a rain-slicked road.

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Statistics

• A firefighter, responding in his personal
  vehicle, is seriously injured when he swerves to
  avoid a truck at an intersection and skids into a
  city bus.

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Statistics

• Perhaps you have read of such stories?
• Maybe you know someone who was involved in such
  an accident?
• Is this how you want your story told?

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Sad Truth

• 14,900
• 1,100
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• Do you know what these numbers signify?

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Sad Truth

• 14,900
• Is the number of fire apparatus involved in
  collisions in 2001 while responding to, or
  returning from incidents.

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Sad Truth

• 1,100
• Is the number of injuries as a result of these
  accidents. This figure does not include injuries
  to civilians.

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Sad Truth

• 24
• Is the number of firefighters that were killed as
  a result of these accidents.

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Sad Truth

• Since 1984 motor vehicle accidents have accounted
  for 20 to 25 percent of annual firefighter
  fatalities
• 25 of these fatalities occur in personal
  vehicles responding to the firehouse or scene.
• More firefighters are killed in tanker accidents
  than other apparatus.

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Sad Truth
Source United States Fire Administration Report
Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2006
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ALWAYS
PRESS
BUCKLE UP
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Seatbelts Save Lives
SEAT BELTS save lives! See the attached
photographs showing the heart stopping images of
a fire truck wreck in South Carolina. This event
occurred on a non emergency response about 700
PM on a clear sunny day. This was a four door
International cab with only two firefighters.
They were very lucky. From the investigating
trooper, the truck was traveling at approximately
the speed limit. There is a question about new
tires that may have caused a problem with control
of the truck. Here is an overview of what
happened. The day before this event four new
tires were installed on the Engine's rear wheels.
Station personnel reported that the truck seemed
to 'sway' after the new tires were installed.
Story and Photos courtesy of www.firefighterclosec
alls.com
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Seatbelts Save Lives
The next day two firefighters took the truck to
Fleet Services to have the problem investigated.
Tire pressures were checked and a lose valve stem
was tightened. When returning to the Station the
wheels on the right side of the truck went off
the pavement and into the ditch. In pulling back
onto the pavement, the truck rolled. As you can
see from the photographs, the truck was
demolished and the officer side roof collapsed.
Fortunately, both were wearing their seatbelts
and remained inside the cab. One firefighter was
able to climb out of the wreckage and assisted
the second one out. Both firefighters were
transported to the hospital. They were severely
banged up and have injuries that will require
recuperation, but they were both released from
the hospital early the day after the accident.
Story and Photos courtesy of www.firefighterclosec
alls.com
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Real Headlines
No Seat Belts..Again?!?!?!?!
Massachusetts Firefighter In Fatal Fall Off
Apparatus Last Month.Stood Up In Truck.
Door Flies Open While Responding
Fire Apparatus Flips 1 Not Belted Injured
Not Wearing Seatbelt Leads to Close Call
EMT Critical In Response Accident Ejected No
Seat Belt
Firefighter Nearly Ejected From Apparatus- No
Seatbelts!
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What do we do about it?
WRONG ANSWER!!
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Wake Up!!!

• Read and Review the following Article
• Leadership We Killed Firefighter Brian Hunton
• by Dr. Burton A. Clark, EFO,CFO

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WSLLC Standards

• We can start by enforcing a seat belt policy.
• WSLLC employees participate in the National Fire
  Service Seat Belt Pledge
• WSLLC GMD 3-04 Section 7.a.1 states
• All personnel riding on the apparatus must be
  seated and have their seatbelt fastened before
  moving the vehicle.

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Consequences of Violations
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Consequences of Violation

• If you to not wear your seatbelt
• First Offense Suspension with no Pay
• Second Offense Punishment up to and including
  termination
• Youre risking your life!

CHOOSE
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STOP
Risking Your Life!
Risking Your Crews Lives!
Risking The Publics Lives!
At Stop Signs!
At Red Lights!
....AND THINK
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Baltimore City Incident

• Report Fire Truck Ran Red Light During Fatal
  Crash
• ..While answering a call at about 3 a.m. Sunday
  in Northwest Baltimore, the fire truck collided
  with an SUV, killing the three occupants.
• Fire department policy requires a truck operator
  to stop before proceeding through a red light.
  But in this case, the truck was going 47 mph at
  the time of the crash -- suggesting that the
  policy was not followed, according to 11 News
  I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller..

Excerpts from WBAL TV 11 News Article
http//www.wbaltv.com/news/14843877/detail.html
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Waterbury, CT Incident
Police Report Faults Driver in Fatal Fire Truck
Crash
Fire Capt. John Keane died because the driver of
his truck ran a red light while on the way to a
fire that was out before they were dispatched, a
police investigation has concluded.The engine
in which Keane was riding collided on May 19 with
another fire truck on its way to the same fire
call. Keane died three days later. The police
investigation also concluded that Keane may have
survived the accident if he had been wearing a
seat belt, as required by state law and Waterbury
Fire Department policies.
Article and picture retrieved from www.rep-am.com
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Waterbury, CT Incident
Despite department policy and state law, neither
Keane nor any of the other firefighters in his
engine including driver Joseph Fischetti -- was
wearing a seat belt. Keane's death was directly
related to his failure to wear a seat
belt.Fischetti, who suffered serious injuries,
broke state law and violated department policy by
driving a fire engine through a red light, a move
investigators concluded caused the crash.
Article and picture retrieved from www.rep-am.com
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Guidelines

• Come to a complete stop at all stop signs and red
  lights.
• Clearance should be confirmed by both driver and
  officer.
• Slow at all intersections regardless of signal
  status.
• Proceed slowly through intersections
• Expect the unexpected!

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WSLLC Standards

• WSLLC GMD 3-04 Section 7.a.6 states
• All Fire Department apparatus must come to a
  complete stop at all stop signs and may proceed
  only when the intersection has been cleared,
  confirmed by both driver and officer of the
  vehicle.

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Consequences of Violation

• If you to not stop at stop signs
• First Offense Loss of Driving Privilege
• Second Offense Punishment up to and including
  termination
• Youre risking your life and the life of everyone
  else

CHOOSE
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SPEED
LIMIT
ARRIVE ALIVE!
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DEPARTMENT POLICY
DUE REGARD
CONDITIONS PERMITTING
RESPONSIBLE
SMART
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WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
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BECAUSE.. WE LET IT HAPPEN
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Defensive Driving

• Read and Review the following article
• Drivers Ed Differences Vast Between Drivers and
  Operators
• By Michael P. Dallessandro

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WSLLC Standards

• WSLLC GMD 3-04 Section 7.a.5 states
• (Emergency Response)
• Fire Department apparatus and support vehicles
  will not exceed 5 miles per hour over the posted
  speed limit.

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Rules to Live By

• Ensure you are qualified and fully capable of
  operating the apparatus
• Drive with due care, as you would if your family
  was in the apparatus
• Slower means safer. Its not your emergency
• Never assume another vehicle is aware of your
  presence.

Compiled from the USFA publication Alive on
Arrival
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Because this is the last place you want to drive
to.
Or should we say, your family be driven to
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Special Thanks

• Paul Combs for use of his editorial cartoons.
  www.artstudioseven.com
• FirefighterCloseCalls.com for up-keep of an
  invaluable informational tool.
• All departments who share lessons learned and
  training materials for the safety of all
  firefighters.

Created by Captain Douglas Van Oort