A PROVISIONAL REPORT
ON-DUTY FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Date Range 1/1/2009 to 12/31/2009
Number of On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities: 90
Count of Hometown Heroes: 13
Classification:
46 Volunteer 51.1%
36 Career 40%
4 Wildland Contract 4.44%
3 Wildland Full-Time ...
NIOSH has added Mike Dallessandro to the list of fire service professionals who participate in their firefighter fatality investigations program. Mr. Dallessandro will participate in the technical review process of firefighter fatality investigation reports dealing with line of duty deaths from moto...
Mike Dallessandro has been invited to be a Speaker/Presenter at the annual conference of the Ohio Fire Chief's Association held annually in Sandusky, Ohio in July of 2010. Mr. Dallessandro will present four 1.5 hour workshops on his signature topics including apparatus accident reduction, leadership...
The East Islip Fire Department located on Long Island, NY made apparatus safe driving the topic of a special drill held at their firehouse in November of 2009. The department hosted the 3 hr RESPONDSMART classroom session after Commissioner Tom Drywa attended a similar session present...
The Sevier County Fire Chief's Association (Sevier County, Tennessee) has announced that RESPONDSMART programs will be a featured part of their Smokey Mountain weekend fire service training event. Full details TBA.
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The West Babylon Volunteer Fire Department and Fire District made driver safety the topic of a special full day drill on a beautiful fall Sunday on Long Island, NY. West Babylon drivers and officers participated in 3 hours of intense classroom lecture and after a break for lunch headed out on the co...
The Hillcrest Fire Department (about 60 minutes from New York City) in Rockland County hosted a full day RESPONDSMART safe apparatus driver safety seminar in September 2009. This class was held as an addition to their established driver safety and training program and was intended to increase awaren...
Mike Dallessandro will be a featured speaker for the Mid-winter Muster planned for 2010 in Rapid City, South Dakota. After seeing Mike's presentation at FDIC in 2009 representatives of the Pennington County Firefighters Association contacted Mike and invited him to participate as a speaker in the 20...
Dear Friend and Colleague:
I would like to invite you to Firehouse Expo July 21-26, 2009 at the Baltimore Convention Center. I’m teaching these classes at the conference and thought you might be interested in attending:
Creating a Fire Apparatus Driver Response ...