Emmitsburg, MD, November 13, 2007 - The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Life Safety Initiatives Program is pleased to announce that Steve Arnold has been selected as a Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program State Advocate for Missouri.

On March 10 - 11, 2004 hundreds of leaders in the fire service industry attended a Summit coordinated by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Tampa, Florida. The collective goal was to come up with an approach that would enable fire departments to achieve the aggressive goal set by the United States Fire Administration, of reducing firefighter line of duty deaths by 50% in 10 years. The Summit produced a unique consensus document that became known as the "16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives" or the blueprint to eliminating preventable firefighter line of duty injuries and deaths; www.everyonegoeshome.com/initiatives. The Foundation applied for and received a Department of Homeland Security Fire Safety and Prevention Grant to fund the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program. The primary mission of this program is to work in conjunction with all the fire service organizations to make every fire department in United States aware of the "blueprint" developed in Tampa, and to provide resources to enable departments to implement them.

When asked why he wanted to be an advocate, "I'm very passionate about reducing firefighter injuries and deaths and I feel that one LODD is one to many. Our national goal is to reduce LODD by 50% over 10 years but my personal goal is to work to reduce LODDs to zero within the State of Missouri. I feel that through consistent education over and over the EGH Firefighter Life Safety Initiates will catch on and become the order of the day" Arnold said.

In this position Mr. Arnold will be working to ensure fire departments in Missouri are aware of the initiatives and assist them in implementation strategies. Mr. Arnold will be the ears and eyes for the national program supporting the mission of eliminating preventable line of duty injuries and deaths through the sharing and implementation of best practices and training programs.

The Life Safety Initiatives Team is pleased to welcome Steve Arnold to the program.

For more information on the Everyone Goes Home Program please visit www.everyonegoeshome.com or call 1.877.344.0361.