Firehouse Safety & Health eNL - Jun 16th, 2023
 
 
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June 16, 2023

In "Resiliency is the Way" at Firehouse Expo 2023, Dr. David Griffin will focus on why post-traumatic stress, acute stress disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder affect emergency responders all over the world and how we as leaders can provide resiliency training to control this. Griffin will discuss and practice self-help tools that can be utilized in the firehouse for self-support and for peer support. Register now!

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FEATURES
Brandon Heggie provides the critical methods that responders must employ when they encounter patients who are overwhelmed when the thermometer reaches its highest points.
Dana Harrison boils down to the basics of how members can evolve their diet so that their digestive system can work to improve their overall health.
Two "Blocker" rigs placed in service by the Irving Fire Department are aimed to increase safety and reduce damage.
The Father's Day Fire in Astoria, Queens, on June 17, 2001, claimed the lives of three FDNY firefighters and injured dozens.
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY NEWS
One of the violations involved the Hampton firefighter at the pump panel on the wrong frequency and didn't know interior crews didn't have water.
The number of firefighters who've succumbed to illness will soon surpass the number killed on 9/11.
Front Range Fire Rescue Chief Michael West encourages personnel to take time to focus on mental health.