2009 Regional Health & Safety

 

  • April 14th -Fifth District -CANCELED

  • April 15th - Third District -Third District-Skidmore College- Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Fallstaff building-North Broadway to second entrance to Skidmore College, take a right on the Parimeter Road, continue on Parimeter Road Fallstaff is on the right hand side, parking lot on the left

  • April 20th -First District -  Batavia City Hall, One Batavia City Center Batavia, NY 14020

  • April 21st - Second District - Dewitt Fire Department 4500 East Genesee Street Dewitt, NY 13214

    Please Park in lot next door at 101 Wellington Road

  • April 22nd - Fourth District - Corning Fire Department, One Corning Blvd. Corning, NY 14838

ALL SEMINARS WILL START AT 8 AM

 

SPEAKERS/AGENDA -

 

Mike Washington-NYSPFFA EMS Committee Chairman-IAFF First District EMS Representative

 

Topic: Risk Management for the Fire Service-

Risk Management in the fire service is not a mechanism to cut fire budgets cut staff and place the remaining firefighters at risk. Sensible risk management is not about reducing protection of people from risks that cause real harm and suffering.Risk management is the systematic process of managing an organization's risk exposures to achieve its objectives in a manner consistent with public interest, human safety, environmental factors, and the law. It consists of the planning, organizing, leading, coordinating, and controlling activities undertaken with the intent of providing an efficient pre-loss plan.

 

Dr.  Jean McMahon-Director of the Occupational & Environmental Health Center of Eastern New York-

 

Topic: Fire Ground Injuries and Prevention.

Contributing factors to firefighter line-of-Duty Injury include: equipment failure, lack of training, structural failure, act of violence, lack of teamwork, crew size, lack of wellness/fitness, improper decision making, lack of communication, lack of  SOP’s, human error, and lack of situational awareness.

 

Pete Rizzo-Former Rochester Fire Department shift Safety Officer, Member of the NYS Urban Search and Rescue Team, NYS Fire Instructor

Topic: NYS Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention Program-Labor Law 12NYCRR Part 800.6-

 

Discussion on “imminent Danger”, “Retaliatory Action”, “Workplace”: Any location away from an employee’s domicile, permanent or temporary, where and employee performs any work-related duty in the course of his or her employment by an employer”. The definition would require employers to design protections and accountability for staff.

“Working in public settings (e.g. Social services workers, police Officers, Firefighters, teachers, public Transportation Drivers, Health Care Workers, other governmental workers or Service”

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