2020 Everyone Goes Home Initiatives Progress Report Flashcards
Everyone Goes Home Mission Statement:
The LAFD is committed to reducing FF fatalities and serious injuries by systematically addressing threats to FF safety and well-being in a comprehensive way with a focus on ___________.
Consistent reinforcement
Everyone Goes Home Initiatives (10):
- Culture of change
- Safety
- Accountability
- Risk Management
- Significant event and injury
- Medical and physical fitness
- Behavioral health
- Training, certification, and qualifications
- Technology and applications
- Apparatus, facility, equipment, and design
A “Safety Stand Down” is a designated period of time FOLLOWING a SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT for each member to reaffirm their commitment to fully embrace a “SAFETY FIRST” mindset while working to cultivate a “CULTURE of Safety” within the organization.
This is achieved through?
-discussions of operational procedures
-focusing attention on safety practices
-material aimed at reducing or eliminating firefighter injuries, illnesses and deaths.
A “Green Sheet” is an informational summary report utilized for reviewing a serious injury, near miss and/or fatality and is normally prepared within _____ calendar days of a Serious Incident Review Team’s ARRIVAL to an incident or training site.
thirty (30) calendar days
An After Action Review (AAR) is a structured process to capture lessons learned from challenges, successes, and failures with the goal of __________.
improving future performance
Phase II of the Injury Intervention Unit (IPU) represented the launch of the Early Symptom Intervention Program. The hiring of the Athletic Certified Trainer (ACT) provided members the accessibility to prevention, education and treatment for pre-workers’ compensation related injuries and illnesses.
The unit developed a social media platform and has a regularly occurring article in the Grapevine publication.
The Early Symptom Intervention Program deals with which of the “Everyone Goes Home” Initiatives?
-Medical and Physical fitness
-Risk Management
The Injury Prevention Unit (IPU) aims to lower the cost associated with workplace injuries as well as develop a change in culture specific to how our members take care of their bodies both now and into retirement.
The IPU hopes to achieve these goals in 3 ways:
-Injury Prevention
(functional movement performance screens)
-Early Symptom Intervention
(diagnose, treat and develop recovery plan)
-Work Hardening
(Rehab to prepare for RTD)
The Fire Service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) Survey measured the safety culture of the LAFD.
Research shows that _____ is the predominant determinant of an organization’s commitment to safety.
-culture
(PEER PRESSURE, ORGANIZATIONAL SOLIDARITY, and IMAGE can profoundly influence SAFETY BEHAVIOR on the individual level)
The Fire Service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) Survey deals with which of the “Everyone Goes Home” Initiatives?
-safety
-risk management
-behavioral health
The Thermite RS3 Robot deals with which of the “Everyone Goes Home” Initiatives?
-Apparatus, Facility, Equipment, and Design
-Technology and Applications
-Safety
The Department issued Training Bulletin No. 179 to address residential garage fires to ensure members align chosen strategy and tactics with an accurate risk analysis.
The intent of the bulletin was to:
- Identify types of residential garages and their distinguishing characteristics and to provide common descriptive language.
- Identify the various hazards inherent in garage fires.
- Describe fire behavior, strategy, tactics, and practices to be considered when encountering fire conditions in the various garage types.
Issuing TB 179 - Roof Ops at Garage Fires - deals with which of the “Everyone Goes Home” Initiatives?
-Safety
-Training, Certification, and Qualifications
The “Go Down Swinging” documentary deals with which of the “Everyone Goes Home” Initiatives?
-Significant Event and Injury
-Safety
-Risk Management
Boyd St
As the Department conducted numerous investigations and addressed the repercussions of this catastrophic fire event, the “Everyone Goes Home” initiatives that predominantly emerged were:
-Significant Event and Injury
-Safety
-Accountability
-Risk Management
-Behavioral Health
-Training Certification and Qualifications.
The informal and formal ______ will provide a procedure to conduct review and ultimately work to create a measurable margin of safety and a proficient level of performance.
After Action Review (AAR)
