1998
Tridata Firefighter Safety
Awareness Study
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How
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Goal 2: A "Code of Conduct" should be established in which employees should have both the right and obligation to report safety problems, and to contribute ideas on their safety to supervisors. The supervisors are expected to give the concerns and ideas serious consideration.
IS 1 - Disseminate
directives and otherwise spread the word that each person is expected
to report safety problems and contribute potential solutions.
IS 4 - Include the raising and handling of safety comments in performance
ratings and accountability systems.
IS 5 - Involve employees in developing ways to get these ideas implemented.
IS 6 - Promote a single code of conduct across agencies.
IS 5 - Include accountability
in operational guidelines.
IS 6 - Provide guidelines for accountability.
Goal 7: An
individual or Crew Supervisor should have the right of refusal to pull
themselves or their crew out of what they perceive as undue danger.
IS 1 - Train firefighters
on the process to use, not just the right.
IS 2 - Monitor the frequency of refusals.
IS 3 - Head off situations in which refusals are necessary.
Goal 8: Foster
a sense of individual responsibility for safety actions.
IS 2 - Discuss the issue of responsibility in initial training and refresher training.
Goal 20: Information needed for safe operations and warnings should
be transmitted up, down, and laterally with the organization at an incident.
IS 2 - Develop and use checklists for transmission of information.
Goal 38: Fire safety practices should be driven by a systematic risk assessment that gets updated periodically.
IS 1 - Adopt a comprehensive
risk management approach to firefighter safety.
IS 2 - Establish and cultivate a culture that encourages people to think,
make effective decisions, and place a priority on firefighter safety.
IS 3 - Incorporate the risk management concept in training.
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