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Firefighter Safety Initiatives

Audio Cast - John Buckman - Comments at the National Fire Academy

Audio Cast - Assistant State Fire Marshal Jim Bennett

Audio Cast - J. Eric Dietz - Exit Interview - Fire Service Accomplishments

Audio Cast - Interview - Rick Batza - IDHS Fire and Building Safety Chief Arson Investigator

Audio Cast - Firefighter Training Issues Facing Fire Service

Chief Alan Brunacini and Chief Billy Goldfeder discuss firefighter training issues and the future issues facing the fire service with Chief John Buckman while attending the Firefighter Near-Miss stakeholders meeting in San Diego.. This is the first in a series of audiocasts developed by the Firefighter Training System in partnership with the Indiana Fire Chiefs Association and the Indiana Fire Instructors Association. You can download this audiocast and play it on a variety of digital music devices including your computer. The file is a windows media file. The program is about 25 minutes in length.

The objective of an offensive fire attack is to apply enough water directly to the burning fuel to achieve extinguishment. The essential question for the IC to answer is how many gallons per minute (GPM) are required to extinguish a given fire with properly placed hoselines and adequate staffing required to safely engage. Offensive fire attack is the preferred strategy whenever conditions and resources permit an interior attack. A defensive decision limits operations to the exterior, generally resulting in larger property loss and limiting rescue operations.

The objective of fireground operations considered by the IC has to include a risk to firefighters and civilians along with the benefit to reducing the property loss.

The website for the National Fallen Firefighters program is http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/. Also, please visit their resources page at http://www.everyonegoeshome.com/resources. This page contains many PowerPoint presentations and downloadable video clips available for your use.