View from the Street * April 2014

Diesel Exhaust causes CANCER! Does your Fire Station, EMS, Towing and DOT garage have hoses that you can hook to the tail pipe? Do you connect, Hook UP the Hose every time you run vehicles inside? Do you keep the doors closed from the bay and living area or office? Watch and use this short PSA, Fight Cancer!

PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tjKBwbFY8&feature=youtu.be

Hook Up The Hose https://www.facebook.com/hookupthehose

After Action Review, based on the military principles of reviewing every activity. What was our mission? What went well? What could have gone better? What might we have done differently? Who needs to know?

http://flsi13.everyonegoeshome.com/after-action-review.html

Wisconsin TIME After Action Review Form

http://www.dot.state.wi.us/safety/govconf/docs/afteraction2.pdf

2014 Killed in the Line of Duty

Police Officers 27 http://www.odmp.org/search/year/2014?ref=sidebar

Fire Fighters 33 http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/

EMS 02 http://www.nemsms.org/notices.htm

Towers 02 http://www.internationaltowingmuseum.org/

National Best Safety Practices

NUG http://ntimc.transportation.org/Pages/NationalUnifiedGoal(NUG).aspx

– TIM Network    http://timnetwork.org/
– FHWA Traffic Incident Management http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/eto_tim_pse/about/tim.htm
– Responder Safety Learning Network    http://learning.respondersafety.com/
– Fire Learning Network    http://www.fireherolearningnetwork.com/
– IACP * Officer Safety http://www.theiacp.org/CenterforOfficerSafetyandWellness
– Towing and Recovery Association of America     http://www.towserver.net/
– Safe Highways   http://www.safehighways.org/
– TIM NETWORK Facebook    National Traffic Incident Management Coalition
– IAFF Health, Safety, Medicine   http://www.iaff.org/hs/index.htm
-NFPA 1500    http://www.vfis.com/documents/NFPA1500.pdf