Firehouse Safety & Health eNL - Jun 24th, 2022
 
 
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June 24, 2022

At Firehouse Expo 2022, Brandon Heggie discusses time-critical bleeding assessment and treatment in his "Make It Stop!!! Down and Dirty Bleeding Control" presentation.

Aaron Zamzow's "Building Firefighter Resilience with Fitness and Nutrition" reviews the research on correlations between fitness, nutrition and improved resilience. Register here!

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FEATURES
When it comes to improving their health, Sara Jahnke says firefighters should strive to do 1 percent better every day and has eight topics to focus on.
Greg Chase explains that firefighter behavioral wellness efforts are possible even for departments that have extremely tight finances.
Jim Burneka Jr. explains how everything that he did after hearing "I'm sorry, but you have cancer" is important for any other firefighter who's given that news, for self and for family.
Curt Varone warns departments that they face a new landscape when it comes to members who partake in grass.
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY NEWS
Kansas City firefighters Local 64 said they will sue the Unified Government if leadership and safety changes are not made within the department.
Liberty and West Chester townships, and the city of Monroe, will share the blocker unit once the pumper is outfitted for it's new role this summer.
A newspaper analysis showed the program to mark dangerous vacant buildings in Baltimore went away and data collection on fires is poor.