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United States Fire AdministrationFortified by History to Meet the Needs of Today

2014 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs ConferenceBaltimore, Maryland

June 2, 2014

Ernest Mitchell, Jr.Fire Administrator

United States Fire Administration

Data Collection and Analysis

Public Education and Awareness

Applied Research and Technology

Training (Fire & EMS)

Deployment Assistance (Disaster Response Support)

Information Services

United States Fire Administration

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Firefighter Health and Safety

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Firefighter Fatalities

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Firefighter Injuries

Firefighter Health and Safety

Local Prevention & Preparedness

Training

Whole Community – All Hazard Risk Reduction

Our Focus for 2014

USFA 2014 Initiatives

“Prevention is much more cost effective than response.”

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Community Risk Reduction

Risk

Loss

Prevention

Mitigation

Level of Preparation

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Wildland Urban Interface

Wildfires burn millions of acres across the United States

Wildfires have increased in size, intensity and cost

Education, prevention and mitigation efforts are the keys to damage reduction - success

Risk a lot to save a lot. Risk little to save little. Risk nothing to save nothing.

~Chief Billy Goldfeder

“Rising to New Challenges”

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Residential Fire Sprinklers

We protect our businesses from fire with sprinkler systems – why not our families and our homes?

Adding sprinklers along with smoke alarms significantly increase the rate of survival

Property damage is nine times lower in sprinklered homes

Do our communities know about this?

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Deployment

No notice catastrophic event

Intra and Inter-state community aid

Build database – Information & Coordination

Identify potential resources and analyze

Active shooter/mass casualty events are a reality in modern American life.

The overall goal is to plan, prepare and respond to save the maximum number of lives possible.

Active Shooter Mass Casualty Events

Maximizing Survival Coordinated and Integrated Planning

Preparation

Response

Treatment

Care Pre-Planned Coordinatio

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The Hartford Consensus

Integrated Response Fire/Rescue/EMS and Law Enforcement

Critical Actions - THREAT

T - Threat suppression

H - Hemorrhage control

RE - Rapid Extrication to safety

A - Assessment by medical providers

T - Transport to definitive care

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What You Need To Know…

Smart Fire Fighting: Where Big Data

and Fire Service Unite

FSTAR: Taking Science to the Streets

(Firefighter Safety Through Advanced Research)

What other initiatives should USFA engage in 2014?

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