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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

NFFF Hosts Third Safety Summit

More than 200 fire-service personnel participated in the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s annual Everyone Goes Home Safety Summit last weekend at the National Fire Academy. The theme of the three-day summit was “Firefighter Safety: Get Fully Involved,” and attendees included the program’s 10 regional and 75 state advocates. NFFF Chairman Dennis Compton opened the summit with “Lessons in Safety Leadership,” in which he talked about the impact of leadership on the NFFF’s 16 Life-Safety Initiatives and suggested five areas for chiefs to focus on: heart attacks and strokes, vehicles, strategy, crew Integrity and training.  For crew ...

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