NEWSTEAD FIRE COMPANY

2014

“FIREFIGHTERS SAVE LIVES, TRAINING SAVES FIREFIGHTERS”

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I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY

PPE IS ESSENTIAL TO FIREFIGHTER SAFETY

TO BE EFFECTIVE, IT MUST BE WORN APPROPRIATELY AND AT ALL TIMES

PROTECTS THE HEAD FROM FALLING OBJECTS, INCLUDING SCALDING WATER AND DEBRIS

EAR FLAPS SHOULD BE WORN IN THE DOWN POSITION

CHIN STRAP SHOULD BE SECURED TIGHTLYVISOR OR BOURKES GLASSES SHOULD BE USED

WHEN THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR EYE INJURIES BUT THEY DO NOT CONSTITUTE PRIMARY EYE

PROTECTIONSAFETY GLASSES MUST BE WORN IN

CONJUNCTION WITH VISOR/BOURKES

PROTECTS EXPOSED SKIN OF THE NECK AND FACE

MUST BE WORN WHEN FIGHTING FIRES

SHOULD BE WORN OVER THE SCBA MASK

PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM HEAT

ALSO PROTECTS FROM PUNCTURES, ABRASIONS, ETC

IT IS FIRE RETARDANT

IT IS NOT FIRE PROOF

PROTECTS THE HANDS FROM BURNS, CUTS, AND OTHER INJURIES

EXTRICATION GLOVES ARE NOT FIREFIGHTING GLOVES

WEAR THE RIGHT GLOVE FOR THE JOB

PROTECTS YOUR FEET, ANKLES AND SHINS

HAVE A STEEL TOE AND STEEL SHANK TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PROTECTION

MEANT TO BE WORN DURING ALL NON-FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITIES

PROVIDES BOTH DAY AND NIGHT TIME ILLUMINATION

SAFETY VEST VIDEO

EVERY YEAR NUMEROUS FIREFIGHTERS DIE FROM BEING HIT BY VEHICLES

THE MAJORITY OF THESE DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLESAFETY VESTS ARE PROVEN TO REDUCE INJURIES AND

FATALITIES AND ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES

“IF YOUR FEET ARE ON THE STREET, THE VEST IS ON YOUR CHEST”

THE ONLY TIME YOUR VEST IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE WORN IS WHEN: -YOU ARE INVOLVED IN FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT

ACTIVITIES-THE EMERGENCY SCENE IS ENTIRELY SHUT DOWN TO MOTOR VEHICLES

“TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT” IS USING OUR APPARATUS TO BLOCK AN INCIDENT SCENE FROM MOVING VEHICLES

THIS PROVIDES A SAFER WORK AREA FOR OUR PRESONNEL AND PROVIDES A BUFFER ZONE FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC

APPARATUS ARE PARKED ON AN ANGLE (CALLED THE “BLOCKING POSITION”) IN ORDER TO TUNNEL TRAFFIC IN THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTION (SEE DIAGRAM)

SMALLER VEHICLES (AMBULANCES, CHIEFS) PARK CLOSEST TO THE INCIDENT SCENE

LARGER APPARTUS (ENGINES) PARK FARTHER AWAY AND ACT AS THE MAIN BUFFER

RESCUE 5 SHOULD BE PARKED CLOSE TO THE SCENE SO EQUIPMENT IS EASILY ACCESSABLE, BUT SHOULD STILL BE PARKED IN A BLOCKING POSITION

FIRE POLICE SHOULD SET UP ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS (FLAGS, CONES, FLARES) TO ALERT ONCOMING TRAFFIC OF THE EMERGENCY SCENE

THESE SHOULD BE PLACED A MINIMUM OF 500 FEET FROM THE START OF THE EMERGENCY SCENE

AN ADDITIONAL FIRE POLICE MEMBER SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE WORK AREA AND ACTS AS A LOOK OUT TO ALERT PERSONNEL OF ANY VEHICLES THAT MAY ENTER THE WORK AREA

SAFETY CONES SHOULD ALSO BE PLACED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE EMERGENCY SCENE

FIRE TRUCK CRASH

EVERY YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 20% OF ALL FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES OCCUR WHILE RESPONDING TO OR RETURNING FROM AN INCIDENT

THIS NUMBER IS UNACCEPTABLE AND CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BY USING COMMON SENSE AND OBEYING TRAFFIC LAWS

IF OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE WHILE USING A BLUE LIGHT:

YOU MUST OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAWS!

NO SPEEDING, NO PASSING MOVING VEHICLES, NO DRIVING LIKE AN IDIOT

SEATBELTS ARE A MUST!

CLEAR YOUR WINDOWS OF SNOW AND ICE BEFORE DRIVING

REMEMBER – USING A BLUE LIGHT IS A PRIVELAGE. IT IS ONLY A CURTOSY LIGHT AND DOES NOT REQUIRE OTHER MOTORISTS TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY

IF OPERATING AN APPARATUS WITH RED LIGHTS:YOU MUST DRIVE WITH DUE REGARD FOR THE

SAFETY OF YOUR CREW AND THE GENERAL PUBLICYOU MAY ONLY DISOBEY TRAFFIC LAWS AFTER YOU

HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS SAFE TO DO SODON’T ASSUME ANYTHING – YOU MUST VERIFY THAT

OTHOR MOTORISTS HAVE INDEED YIELDED THE RIGHT OF WAY

REMEMBER – JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO DISOBEY TRAFFIC LAWS DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO

SEATBELTS, SEATBELTS, SEATBELTS!!!

NEW YORK SEATBELT VIDEO

PLEASE ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS

GEAR SHOULD BE DONNED PRIOR TO BOARDING THE APPARATUS

SEATBELTS ARE TO BE WORN WHENEVER THE APPARATUS IS IN MOTION

AIR PACKS ARE TO BE DONNED UPON ARRIVING AT THE SCENE, AFTER THE APPARATUS HAS PARKED

BESIDES, THIS ALSO GIVES YOU A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT YOUR OWN SIZE-UP OF THE INCIDENT WHILE DONNING YOUR AIR PACK

AN EFFORT BY THE NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION

A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE 100% VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE OF SEATBELT USAGE BY FIREFIGHTERS

PLEDGE TO WEAR YOUR SEATBELT, SO THAT “EVERYONE GOES HOME”

PLEASE SIGN THE PLEDGE BEING PASSED AROUND TONIGHT, OR BY VISITING WWW.EVERYONEGOESHOME.COM/SEATBELTS

NASCAR SEATBELT VIDEO

SCENE SAFETY VIDEO

STAY SAFE WHILE OPERATING AT ANY EMERGENCY SCENE

REMEMBER WHAT YOU LEARNED IN YOUR BASIC FIREFIGHTER CLASSESALWAYS FOOT YOUR LADDERBE AWARE OF TRIPPING HAZARDSWEAR THE APPROPRIATE PPEWATCH OUT FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR CREWALWAYS USE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMIF YOU NEED HELP, ASK FOR IT!USE COMMON SENSE

CARDIAC EMERGENCIES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF FIREFIGHTER DEATHS

MANY OF THESE DEATHS CAN BE PREVENTEDFIRST AND FOREMOST – YOU ARE IN CONTROL

OF YOUR HEALTHIT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN A

HEALTHY DIET AND EXERCISE REGIMENDOCTORS RECOMMEND BETWEEN 30 AND 60

MINUTES OF CARDIO EXERSCISE EVERY DAY

FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITES CAN PLACE A LOT OF STRESS ON YOUR HEARTEXPOSURE TO SMOKE AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF

COMBUSTION CAN LEAD TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST

HEAVY PHYSICAL EXERTION CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE YOUR HEART RATE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO A HEART ATTACK

HEAT STRESS CAN LEAD TO CARDIAC DISRHYTHMIAS OR CARDIAC ARREST

STUDIES HAVE ALSO LINKED NOISE EXPOSURE (SIRENS, AIRHORNS, ETC) TO INCREASED OCCURANCES OF HYPERTENSION

TO PREVENT CARDIAC EMERGENCIES ON THE FIREGROUND:STAY HYDRATEDALWAYS REHAB AFTER INTENSE PHYSICAL

EXERTIONWEAR YOUR SCBA WHEN EXPOSED TO SMOKE

AND GASSES (INCLUDING DURING OVERHAUL, AS THIS IS THE TIME WHEN TOXIC GASSES ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE PRESENT)

ALWAYS HAVE A DEDICATED ALS AMBULANCE ON SCENE FOR FIREFIGHTER REHAB

REMEMBER: DON’T OVER EXERT YOURSELF!UNLIKE ATHLETES, FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT GIVEN

A CHANCE TO WARM UP PRIOR TO EXERTING THEMSELVES

WE OFTEN GO FROM PERIODS OF REST OR SLEEPING TO IMMEADIATELY PLACING OUR BODIES IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH AND NEVER TRY TO “TOUGH IT OUT”. IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY KIND OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY WHILE PERFORMING FIREFIGTING OR RESCUE ACTIVITIES, SEEK HELP IMMEADIATELY!

FIREFIGHTER TRIBUTE VIDEO

PLEASE STAY SAFE

REMEMBER – YOUR FAMILY WANTS YOU TO COME HOME AFTER EVERY CALL

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