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Everyone Goes Home® Success Stories are happening every day in departments around the U.S. Firefighters are adopting and promoting the importance of the Everyone Goes Home® Program and the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives. In this special section we'll feature Everyone Goes Home® success stories, creative ways departments are promoting a culture of safety, and ways departments have implemented the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Intiatives. Together we can make a difference so Everyone Goes Home®!

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In the winter of 2006, I took the Courage to Be Safe® class. After that class I took a hard look at myself. I was overweight and out of shape. » Read More

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Amarillo District Fire Chief Michael Campbell was at home on annual leave the morning of Jan. 31 when he heard word of an engine rollover coming from his scanner. » Read More

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Firefighter's Weight Loss Fight - A Severe Approach

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Has your department used the Everyone Goes Home^® logo or theme around the station or in its policies/programs to promote firefighter safety?

Tell us how you're using the Everyone Goes Home^® logo to remind firefighters that safe practices will send them home to their loved ones. We will feature new and creative ways departments are helping us prevent line-of-duty deaths and injuries through the promotion of the Everyone Goes Home^® Program and 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.
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Springwater Fire & Emergency Services is committed to the Everyone Goes Home® program. Steps they have taken to follow the initiatives include: speed limiters on fire apparatus; 100% compliance for "Buckle Up for Safety;" all fire apparatus has "Buckle-up" on the dash as a reminder. » Read More

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Submitted by Training Officer Colin Shewell, Springwater Fire & Emergency Services

Mt. Oliver Fire Department in Allegheny County, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has used the phrase "Everyone Goes Home®" on the inside of its truck bay door. They have also had stickers made and installed on the dashboards of all of their trucks. » Read More

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Submitted by J. Cassidy, Mt.Oliver Fire Department

Medina Township Fire Department took delivery of a new quick response vehicle. The new rig was recently on dispay at the FDIC 2008. » Read More

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Submitted by W. Parker Browne, CFPS, Staff Support Officer, Medina Township Fire Department

Implementation of the 16 Initiatives:

We follow NFPA 1500 standards. If a call is not life or property threatening we respond non-emergency. All career personnel have annual physicals and when on duty they all must go to the gym. We have an infection control policy. All fires are investigated and we have a strong inspections division. We have a policy that all occupants on apparatus WILL wear seat belts and when in the street all personnel will wear traffic safety vests. We will stage at any unsecured scenes until ok'd by police. The city has a employee assistance program(EAP). We also do a lot of public education tours and safety talks. All personnel are safety officers.

Submitted by Kevin McWhorter, City of Waynesboro Fire Dept. (VA)

We place a copy of the initatives to be signed as a pledge to follow them along with the employee's evaluation.

Submitted by Chris Wells, Guilford Co. Emergency Services (NC)

#1- Improve leadership training and require all employees to immediately stop unsafe actions.
#2- Instituting a fitness program and encouraging all employee's to take part in annual medical physicals, performed by physician medical director, and provide strength and conditioning counseling.

Submitted by William McCullough, Bath Township Fire Dept. (OH)

We have recently assigned a department health and safety officer to our staff who recently presented an overview of the Initiatives class and how we can implement them. We then had each station select 2 initiatives we could implement and gave a short presentation to the rest of the department on our findings/ideas. We have taken the Seat Belt pledge and are 100% compliant.

Submitted by Mike Petrosky, Howell Area Fire Dept. (MI)

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