Fire Chief Digital: How to prevent injury and death on the road
This issue focuses on improvements in apparatus safety, and the need for a renewed look at the importance of driver training and operator understanding
Fire apparatus crashes account for 25 percent of firefighter line of duty deaths, second only to medical emergencies. From a training and evaluation perspective, what we don’t see enough of are solid after action reports from these incidents – with real lessons learned to share across our industries.
In this edition of Fire Chief Digital, we explore improvements in apparatus safety, and the need for a renewed look at the importance of driver training and operator understanding.
This issue also covers:
- A WMD approach to roadway incidents
- Basic roadway incident management
- Vehicle design and safety
- How to avoid becoming another statistic
You can view the issue as a digital magazine or download as a PDF.