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“You Can’t Handle the Truth”

"Quid est veritas?"

Posted by Dave LeBlanc on March 23, 2013 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", "The Front Seat", Colerain Township, Education, learning, Learning Behavior, Lessons Learned, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, Loudoun County, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, Prince William County, training

Protecting Lives

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Protecting people’s lives will involve risk for us as firefighters

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on February 8, 2013 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, Commentary, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "The Front Seat", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", fdny, firefighter safety, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, primary search, risk, risk analysis, safety, search, search and rescue, Stephen Marsar, VES, victims, VSP

Lesson Not Learned
Texas, Tennessee and Emmitsburg
Why Does Johnny Not Read?

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Everyone went home so who the hell cares?

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 8, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Commentary, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, News, Philosophy, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Truck Company • Tagged: "Bill Carey", Education, Emmitsburg, firefighter health, firefighter safety, firefighter training, health, ladder companies, Lessons Learned, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, NFFF, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, roof ventilation, SCBA, Tennessee, Texas, truck company operations, ventilation

So What Are We Supposed to Do?

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You'll die if you go in. They will if you don't. Decisions, decisions.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on August 3, 2012 • Filed under: Command & Leadership, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Videos • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "risk management", "The Front Seat", "Victim Survivability Profiling", lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, risk, risk analysis, sizeup, victims, VSP, worcester

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

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If VSP is to reduce risk of injury and death it should apply to searching for the Golden Doodle, right?

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Posted by Bill Carey on July 19, 2012 • Filed under: Uncategorized • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "risk management", "Victim Survivability Profiling", firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, public image, rescue, Rhetoric, rhetorical lessons, risk, risk analysis, safety, search, search and rescue, Stephen Marsar, victims, VSP, worcester

Human Behavior
5 Years Later, We Can’t Shake It

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Charleston. Their past, our future?

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 18, 2012 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", Charleston, Education, FirefighterNation, FireRescue Magazine, Learning Behavior, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Poor Operations and Flashover Kill Three, Iowa 1999

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Smoky conditions with little heat ends up incinerating three firefighters.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 23, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development • Tagged: "Bill Carey", communication, flashover, Keokuk, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, ventilation

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Collapse Six Minutes After Under Control, Chicago 2010

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Collapse kills two, injures 19 after two line fire goes under control.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "rapid intervention", abandoned, Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, collapse, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, mayday, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, roof collapse, vacant

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004

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Increasing heat, crowded entrance, radio not used and victim 15 feet from the door.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 20, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "fire behavior", "forcible entry", "Probationary Firefighter", "rapid intervention", accountability, bailout, communication, communications, disorientation, firefighter safety, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, sizeup, Texas

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Pre-Planning and Disorientation, New York 2003

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Ladder company firefighter is lost approximately 30 feet away from nozzle team.

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Posted by Bill Carey on December 16, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", "roll call", accountability, disorientation, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, New York, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, PAR, preplan, preplanning

A Tale of Two Fires

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At what point do we add so much to our “incident evaluation” that we handcuff ourselves into inaction?

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on October 22, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, News, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "line of duty death", "risk management", "vent-enter-search", "Victim Survivability Profiling", decision making process, fdny, firefighter safety, Homewood, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, primary search, risk, safety, search, search and rescue, sizeup, Stephen Marsar, Vallejo, victims, VSP

NIOSH Reports:
July, August, September Releases

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Six line of duty death incidents and one close-call during an explosion.

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Posted by Bill Carey on October 1, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", Education, Learning Behavior, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

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Eight contributing factors present before the fire actually started.

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Posted by Bill Carey on September 2, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Rescues, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "risk management", command, communicating, communication, communications, firefighter safety, Lessons Learned, Maxim Egg Farm, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, preplan, preplanning, risk, safety, sizeup

8.196721

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Are we truly on target with everything we aim at?

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Posted by Bill Carey on August 13, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Bill Carey", "line of duty death", cardiovascular fitness, Fire Service Sabremetrics, firefighter safety, fitness, health, lodd, lodd investigation, lodd report, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, statistics, USFA

“Medical LODD Lessons? Screw it, who cares.”

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When the fire service looks at changing culture, reading should be a priority.

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Posted by Bill Carey on June 29, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Communication, Education, Firefighter Safety & Health, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", Fire Engineering, FirefighterNation, Firehouse.com, FireRescue1, Lessons Learned, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports

Looking Back at “The Front Seat” for April 6, 2011

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A recap of Dave’s program with the discussed firefighter fatality reports.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on April 9, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "Dave LeBlanc", "firefighter netcast", "line of duty death", "rapid intervention", "The Front Seat", John Mitchell, lodd, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, Rhett Fleitz, training

The Front Seat, Live on Firefighter Netcast

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A primer for Dave’s first show. Listen in and let your mind engage.

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Posted by Bill Carey on April 6, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Communication, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, Learning Behavior, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "aggressive firefighting", "Dave LeBlanc", "fire reports", "Firefighter Mentality", "firefighter netcast", "line of duty death", NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, tactics, training

The Truth Hurts, So Learn From It

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Two Ohio LODDs revealed some deficiencies that every department faces. Even yours.

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Posted by Dave LeBlanc on April 3, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Education, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, Fires, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, Line of Duty, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "line of duty death", Colerain Township, Learning Behavior, lodd, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, training

NIOSH Wants To Hear From You

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You have until 29 April to put in your two cents on the firefighter fatality investigation program.

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Posted by Bill Carey on February 8, 2011 • Filed under: Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Firefighting Operations, In the Line of Duty, Learning Behavior, News, Technology & Communications, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics • Tagged: "close calls", "line of duty death", "near miss", "standard operating procedures", Lessons Learned, NIOSH, NIOSH Firefighter Fatality Program, NIOSH reports, rescue, safety, sizeup, strategy, tactics, training

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Archives for niosh-firefighter-fatality-program

“You Can’t Handle the Truth”

Protecting Lives

Lesson Not Learned
Texas, Tennessee and Emmitsburg
Why Does Johnny Not Read?

So What Are We Supposed to Do?

Rhetorical Lesson No.10
Profiling and Pets

Human Behavior
5 Years Later, We Can’t Shake It

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Poor Operations and Flashover Kill Three, Iowa 1999

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Collapse Six Minutes After Under Control, Chicago 2010

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Fire Keeps RIT from Reaching Probie, Texas 2004

This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Pre-Planning and Disorientation, New York 2003

A Tale of Two Fires

NIOSH Reports:
July, August, September Releases

Lessons Learned:
Deadly Disorientation at Texas Plant Fire

8.196721

“Medical LODD Lessons? Screw it, who cares.”

Looking Back at “The Front Seat” for April 6, 2011

The Front Seat, Live on Firefighter Netcast

The Truth Hurts, So Learn From It

NIOSH Wants To Hear From You

Backstep Firefighter on Facebook…

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