Mission
Statement
FirefighterCloseCalls.com
was an idea born from The
Secret List, an independent newsletter
produced since 1998 in an effort to bring forward
the issues involving injury and death to firefighters...
often issues that are ignored, quickly forgotten
or just not talked about. Originally started as
an e-mail group amongst some close friends in
the fire service, it is currently received by
thousands of fire service members.
With
the attitude that in order for firefighters to
survive the dangers of the job, we must learn
how other firefighters have had "Close
Calls" and even been injured or killed,
this site and TSL will continue the "No BS"
history of bringing forward issues in an effort
to enforce that philosophy-and get firefighters
to refocus on "what's important." The
intent is not to "Monday Morning Quarterback" or purposely embarrass anyone, but to provide
as factual information as possible as provided
by our visitors-with commentary to allow the reader
to THINK and decide if, or what they wanna do
in order to prevent the bad stuff from occurring
again. We always welcome corrections or updated
information.
As
a friend of ours once said, no matter how the
firefighting changes, as long as we commit to
interior searches for trapped people and interior
fire attacks to suppress fires-this job will remain
a dirty "hands-on" occupation requiring
aggressive, daily training to be of the same "scene"
aggressiveness with a strong focus on our safety.
Hopefully, TSL and FirefighterCloseCalls.Com helps
set that tone by also "putting our $$ where
our mouth is", that is, by providing this
site as well as SOLUTIONS to help make the job
that much safer, such as with our WEEKLY
FIRE DRILL sections as well as our SOP'S/SOG's
sections. |
