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Safety Stand Down 2018 

 June 19, 2018

Safety Stand Down 2018 

Safety Stand Down will take place June 17-23, 2018. This event highlights critical safety, health, and survival issues for the fire and emergency services. All departments and personnel are asked to take the week of June 17-23 to focus their attention on safety and health education and training. A week is provided to ensure all duty shifts can participate.

This year’s theme is BE AWARE – GET CHECKED. Firefighters face many risks such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, PTSD, and more, and early detection through annual medical evaluations and physicals saves lives. Use the materials on this site to implement Safety Stand Down in your department.

A SafetyStandDown Training program is available for this years event also as a rescouce.

Webinar highlighted important components of this year’s Safety Stand Down theme, “Be Aware – Get Checked” which will take place, June 17 – 23, 2018.

Presenters discussed critical safety, health and survival issues for the fire and emergency services. All departments and personnel are asked to take the week of June 17 – 23 to focus their attention on safety and health education and training.

Firefighters face many risks such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, PTSD and more; early detection through annual medical evaluations and physicals saves lives. Safety Safe Down week is provided to ensure all duty shifts can participate.

Participants learned:
• The importance of firefighters having an annual medical physical.
• The most significant health risk factors for firefighters and how an annual medical physical can help to manage risks.
• How to implement concepts to work toward an annual medical physical program in your organization.

Presenters:
Sara A. Jahnke, Ph.D. – Director of the Center for Fire, Rescue and EMS Health Research at the National Development and Research Institutes.

Todd LeDuc – Executive Assistant Chief Broward Co. Sheriff Fire Rescue (FL) & IAFC Safety Health and Survival Section Board Member

 

 

 

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