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National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
Contributing Factors
Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
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Near-Miss by the Numbers since August 2005

• Reports 2,775
• Web site visitors 1,000,000
• Report of the Week 10, 800
• Pass along for ROTW 100,000
• AR/Calendar distribution 100,000 each
• Conferences/Presentations 250,000 (apx)

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Contributing Factors
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Contributing Factors

• A circumstance, fact, or influence that brings
  about a result or outcome.
• They affect firefighter health and safety either
  positively or negatively.
• Based on terms that continually show up in death
  and injury reporting systems such as NIOSH

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Contributing Factors

• Accountability Individual Action
• Communication Fatigue
• Horseplay Human Error
• Teamwork Procedure
• Training Staffing
• Weather Protocol
• Command Situational Awareness
• Decision Making Task Allocation
• Equipment

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Contributing Factors

• Situational Awareness Attentiveness and
  relationship to the event. The relationship
  between perception of the individual and the
  reality of the situation. Leading contributing
  factor of Near-Miss Reporting.
• Decision Making Poor decisions made based on
  info provided or lack of info provided. No
  decision made when a decision was required.
  Second leading contributing factor.
• Command Absence, inadequate, lack of command
  presence. Lack of leadership or direction on part
  of OIC or IC.
• Task Allocation Work assignments exceed
  assignees physical /or mental capabilities.
• Weather Ambient conditions occurring during
  time of incident.
• Fatigue Tired, lack of sleep, inadequate sleep,
  poor sleep, over-
• work, lack of rehab, and mentally tired.

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Contributing Factors

• Human Error An unintentional mistake made by an
  individual or group.
• Staffing Not having enough or having too many
  people.
• Horseplay Unauthorized activity, practical
  jokes, pranks, wrestling, etc.
• Teamwork A cohesive function of an individual
  as part of a crew, or the function of the crew as
  a unit to complete a task or goal.
• Communication Poor communication, misunderstood
  direction, language barrier, and / or inadequate
  instruction.
• Accountability Awareness of location, number
  and function of all individuals or personnel on
  an incident.

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Contact Information

• The National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting
  System
• 4025 Fair Ridge Drive
• Fairfax, Virginia 22033
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]

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