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Research: Mindfulness and Self-Compassionate Leadership Development

Leave a Comment / CRR, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel, Research, Wildland / By Ellis Ellis

Individuals who integrate these processes in their lives have been found to maintain and build important personal resources. Managers in this study best resonated with the concepts of mindfulness and self-compassion through four main methods of relating them to personal fire experiences that offer guidance to other managers. They saw value in training fire personnel …

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Updated:11 Best Practices to Prevent Firefighter Cancer

Leave a Comment / CRR, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel, Research / By Ellis Ellis

The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC’s) Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) released and update to the Lavender Ribbon Report: Best Practices for Preventing Firefighter Cancer. The report resents 11 specific, easy-to-follow actions firefighters need to take to lessen their risk of occupational cancer. In this report, the …

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NFA Available Courses Updated

Leave a Comment / CRR, EMS, Fire Prevention, Hazmat, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel, Wildland / By Ellis Ellis

Free training courses and programs are delivered at our campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, online and throughout the nation. Offerings include: Health and Safety Program Manager, Leadership in Supervision, Incident Safety Officer, Management of EMS, New Executive Chief Officer, WUI Fire Adapted Communities, Youth Fire Prevention and Intervention, Fire Investigations, and Community Risk Reduction.

Updated Fire Death Rate and Risk by State

Leave a Comment / Communications & Technology, CRR, Fire Prevention, Research / By Ellis Ellis

The overall 10-year fire death rate trend increased 3% from 2010 to 2019. This research presents a snapshot of fire losses by state reported through the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) in 2019. Also included is information about fire departments and firefighter and home fire fatalities in 2021.

Report: Support Networks Lower Suicide Rates

Leave a Comment / CRR, Health & Safety, Research / By Ellis Ellis

The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS Office) released a report to the United States Congress in April 2021 in response to an increase in suicides among law enforcement officers and other first responders. After evaluating behavioral health programs across the nation, the COPS Office report found that departments have been most …

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Update: CDC Infection Control Guidance

Leave a Comment / CRR, EMS, Research / By Ellis Ellis

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its Infection Control Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19). The guidance includes updated quarantine recommendations for fully vaccinated patients who have had close contact with someone with a COVID-19 infection, recommended testing intervals for asymptomatic health care providers, and the incorporation of previous CDC …

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A Topic Not Many People Want To Talk About

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September is Suicide Prevention Month and for this Wellness Wednesday, FDSOA International Director Trevor Shea is sharing his personal story, as well as asking you to commit to do more.

Top wildfire expert prescribes controlled burns as preventive care

Leave a Comment / CRR, Fire Prevention, Research, Wildland / By Ellis Ellis

Scientists testified before Congress on Tuesday to request funding for new software that predicts the behavior of ever bigger fires — to compute, for example, how a wildfire would move through a residential neighborhood. The next day, President Biden promised to provide more resources, including higher pay for federal firefighters and making those positions year-round …

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Human performance improvement: How company officers can reduce mistakes on the fireground and at the station

Leave a Comment / CRR, Health & Safety, Leadership & Personnel / By Ellis Ellis

I’ve made mistakes. During almost every shift, something happens that I didn’t expect. Despite being a student of the fire service and spending ridiculous amounts of time trying to learn my trade, things still happen, and I still mess up.

GIS May Be Key to the Future of Emergency Response

Leave a Comment / Communications & Technology, CRR, Fire Prevention, Research / By Ellis Ellis

No one can predict when an emergency will occur or what shape it will take. It could look like a hurricane causing widespread power outages and downed trees, or it could be a chemical fire that takes place down the road from a hospital housing hundreds of at-risk patients.