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1 2014 U.S. FIREFIGHTER FATALITY STATISTICS THIS DIDN T HAVE TO HAPPEN! November 13, 2015 PRESENTED BY: Marc S. Bashoor, Fire Chief Prince George s County, MD Fire/EMS Dept 84 Firefighter fatalities, 82 incidents 32 States & the District of Columbia 1. New York New Jersey 8 3. Ohio 6 4. Arkansas 5 5. Kentucky 4 5. North Carolina 4 5. Pennsylvania U.S. FIREFIGHTER FATALITY STATISTICS 84 Firefighter fatalities, 82 incidents 2014 U.S. FIREFIGHTER FATALITY STATISTICS 84 Firefighter fatalities, 82 incidents Youngest Oldest Average 21 y/o 84 y/o 52 y/o Trauma 16 Burns 4 Male 82 Female 2 Asphyxiation 3 Smoke Inhalation U.S. FIREFIGHTER FATALITY STATISTICS 84 Firefighter fatalities, 82 incidents Cardiovascular 57 Volunteer 36, Avg 58.6 yrs Career 21, Avg 52.7 yrs Within 24 hrs/scene 31 At Scene 11 At Training 7 Within 24 hrs/training 4 Respond/Return 4 ABOUT PGFD 860 SWORN (Career) Employees 78 CIVILIAN Administrative Staff 1,500 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, Members of 37 individual Corporate VFD s, under operational control of the County FD 140,000 Calls, 80% EMS 1

2 ABOUT PGFD HEAVY APPARATUS FLEET 45 Stations + 6 support facilities 94 ENGINES (1 on order) 228 pieces of response equipment + cars & command vehicles 23 AERIALS/TOWERS (1 on order) 12 HEAVY RESCUE SQUADS (1 on order) 89 ALS/BLS UNITS (13 on order) 10 TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS (2 on order) 1 Hyattsville 5 Capitol Heights 6 St. Joseph 7 Riverdale 8 Seat Pleasant 9 Bladensburg 10 Laurel 11 Branchville 12 College Park 13 Riverdale Heights 14 Berwyn Heights 16 Northview 17 Boulevard Heights 18 Glenn Dale 19 Bowie #1 20 Marlboro #1 21 Oxon Hill #1 23 Forestville 24 Accokeek 25 Clinton 26 District Heights 27 Morningside 28 W. Lanham Hills #1 29 Silver Hill 30 Landover Hills 31 Beltsville #1 32 Allentown Road #1 33 Kentland #1 34 Chillum-Adelphi 35 Greenbelt 36 Baden 37 Ritchie 38 Chapel Oaks 39 Bowie #2 40 Brandywine 41 Beltsville #2 42 Oxon Hill #2 43 Bowie #3 44 Chillum 45 Marlboro #2 46 Kentland #2 47 Allentown Road #2 48 W. Lanham Hills #2 49 Laurel Rescue 55 Bunker Hill This Did Not Have to Happen! MODERN FIREFIGHTING What are we ventilating? What are we ventilating? 2

3 57 TH Av NEAR MISS CASE STUDY February 23, 2012 Cold, windy, dry Red Flag weather warning 1 year & 2 days after Countywide Firestorm 2012 RESPONSE PROTOCOL HELMET CAM VIDEO Local Alarm Single Unit Street Alarm 2 Engines, 2 Specials Truck, Squad or 2 Trucks Box Alarm 4 Engines, 2 Trucks, 1 Rescue Squad, 2 Battalion Chiefs 57 TH Av STAFFING LEVELS Engine Staffing 18 Engine Engine Engine Engine TH Av STAFFING LEVELS Truck/Squad Staffing 22 Truck Truck Rescue Squad Battalion Chief 884 ADD ON TO CALL Chief 809A Chief 812 Chief 812A 3

4 57 TH Av STAFFING LEVELS WORKING FIRE DISPATCH 7+ BLS & ALS Unit (4) EMS Duty Officer (1) Duty Chief (1) Northern Division Chief (1) EMS TASK FORCE 7+ 2 BLS & 1 ALS units (6) EMS Duty Officer (1) 57 TH Av STAFFING LEVELS 50+ people ARRIVAL / 2012 PROTOCOL 1 ST Due Engine Secure a Water Supply Position Side Alpha Confirm the address Size Up Establish or Pass Command ARRIVAL / 2012 PROTOCOL 1 st Due Truck / Spec. Ser. Position side Alpha Forcible Entry Ladders to side Alpha / Bravo Support first due engine Search & Rescue Ventilation & extension Utility Control Site Overview 4

5 Site Overview Go Wrong 1 st Line deployed 1.75 to front door, by 1 st due Engine. 2 nd Line deployed 1.75 to side Charlie, by 2 nd due Engine to stand by. Front door is forced Truck Officer & Barman enter to search Flow Path changes, fire rapidly grows Front door blown shut / locked Truck crew trapped inside Truck crew attempts radio contact multiple times EI s activated IC trying to acknowledge crews & PSC Radio Channel Locked Up 5

6 Side Charlie Engine Officer EI s activated, no contact Requests to attack from side Charlie 3 times Attempts to contact IC, no response Makes decision to attack fire Decompression Decompression Family contact Social media, positive and negative Critical care HOSPITAL Support Dept. liaison Family Liaison Burn Foundation 2 patient crew reunification Long term care Rehab HOSPITAL Getting back in the seat Internal and external SME s Outside looking in 6-month target (missed by 8 months) ** Presentation Family VFD s involved Department Public 6

7 First brush produced 109 recommendations Standardized Command Chart Whittled 57 th Avenue Report to 46 recommendations Streamlined MayDay process Basement Fire pilot program SCBA/PPE markings Uniform PPE issuance Training improvements Record keeping 46 Recommendations Prioritized Red Immediate, potentially life threatening Yellow Important, likely low cost Green Not as Important, or likely high cost/extended implementation time Fiscal notes Training recommendations Implementation Plan Process Internal buy-in General Order formulation notifications Train-the-trainer Program delivery Policy implementation Follow-up Tweak Retrain Re-implement 7

8 Status complete Red, 12 Yellow, 7 Green, 8 In Progress Red, 5 Yellow, 11 Green, 7 *Note adds to 50 due to several with a & b recommendations INCIDENT LESSONS LEARNED Command Presence and Operational Control Flow Paths NIST & UL Science MayDay Procedures Mass Casualty Care SIT LESSONS LEARNED Member updates during investigation need to improve COMMAND CHART Social media/helmet-cam policy needed work Training gaps were substantial LODD/Significant injury policies were weak COMMAND CHART COMMAND CHART 8

9 COMMAND CHART COMMAND CHART MINI SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT SIT STEP Comparison of previous SIT Report recommendations 20 previous recommendations, as far back as 23 years remained unresolved SUCCESS TETRAHEDRON THIS DIDN T HAVE TO HAPPEN! MISSION-CENTRIC & SAFETY-MINDED MORAL FOCUS MENTAL TOUGHNESS PHYSICAL STRENGTH 9

10 THANK YOU Marc S. Bashoor, Fire Chief Prince George s County, MD Fire/EMS Dept ChiefBashoor@gmail.com Firehouse Magazine & Firehouse.com: Chiefs Concerns 10

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