The Fire Service Vulnerability Assessment Project
Adopted at the 79th Annual Meeting in 2011
WHEREAS, over the past decade, more than 100 firefighters have been killed on the job each year, and more than 80,000 have suffered serious injuries; and 2.
WHEREAS, these line-of-duty deaths and injuries are almost entirely preventable; and 3.
WHEREAS, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA) have joined forces with every major fire service organization to develop a vulnerability assessment tool, a web-based, interactive protocol that will provide fire chiefs and fire officers with a systematic process to evaluate their community risks and resource capabilities, and identify areas of vulnerability to predictable and preventable risks; and 4.
WHEREAS, at the end of the process, a department will have a customized report identifying areas and remedies for vulnerabilities linked to firefighter injuries and deaths; and 5.
WHEREAS, it is expected that with this tool, firefighter injuries and deaths should decline, along with building safer communities for our citizens, 6. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The United States Conference of Mayors adopts the NFFF-USFA Vulnerability Assessment Project and invites its members to support and embrace this tool which will be valuable to them immediately and in the future; and 7.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the U.S. Conference of Mayors commends the NFFF-USFA and its partners, including the International Association of Fire Firefighters, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Women in the Fire and Emergency Services, the International Association of Arson Investigators, the National Association of Hispanic Firefighters, the National Volunteer Fire Council, the International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters, the North American Fire Training Directors, the Fire Department Safety Officers Association, and the National Fire Protection Association; and 8.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the U.S. Conference of Mayors commends Honeywell International, Inc. which is generously supporting this effort.