Protecting Firefighter's Lives Along the Double-Yellow Line

Protecting Firefighter's Lives Along the Double-Yellow Line
Event Date: September 23, 2009 01:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Jack Sullivan, Director of Training for the Emergency Responder Safety Institute, is a safety consultant from Richmond, VA, and a retired fire department safety officer with 25 years of experience.

Traffic-related incidents represent a significant percentage of fire department emergency responses. Although hazards to emergency personnel are present at any roadway incident, the danger factor increases directly in correlation to the average speed and volume of traffic. This webcast will review proactive strategies and tactics for fire department responses to roadway incidents and highlight some innovative ways to protect your personnel and your apparatus on scene. Firefighter safety at roadway incidents is not just a high-visibility vest!