Name
Breakout: Injuries During Training - What's Going On?
Date & Time
Saturday, June 24, 2023, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
James Kirsch
Description

This course will review statistics, case studies, and personal experiences so as to bring awareness to fire service instructors, company officers, and department training officers of the problem of firefighter injuries and deaths during training. Data from fire service organizations will be presented to show that firefighter injuries during training evolutions are not falling, even though firefighter injuries during emergency operations have declined. Injury prevention recognition during hands-on training from the point of view of the academy instructor, company officer, and department training officer will be discussed. Additionally, the role of the department safety officer in injury prevention during training exercises will be reviewed. The course will also discuss the need for instructors to review lesson plans with an eye toward hazard recognition that may lead to a firefighter injury, and creating a safer environment that allows for the completion of training scenarios.

Location Name
Green Country