Every individual member of KFR is responsible for safety; their own, their fellow members and that of the public.  Chief Steve Nichols and his Deputies have made a commitment to provide each member with the finest Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), high level training opportunities, personal health and fitness programs, safe fire-houses, fire trucks, and firefighting tactics and strategies that keep firefighter/EMT safety paramount.

Only individual members though, can make the safety decisions necessary on a minute-to-minute basis; decisions such as buckling seat belts in our POV’s and apparatus, stopping at stop signs and red lights, obeying traffic laws, backing with a spotter, keeping current with training, keeping current with SOP’s and SOG’s, etc.  Our individual safety decision-making is always the bottom-line.

As individuals, we must make personal risk assessments using to same risk-assessment model that our officers use on the fire-ground.

We are willing to take great risks to save a life.
We are willing to take some risks to save savable property.
We are unwilling to take risks for property or lives already lost.

The Safety Office will be adding this page from time to time, please check back often.  So keep your wits about you, remember to take a deep breath before you start up to the next call, and buckle your seatbelt.

In the meantime, check out the following link for thought provoking articles on firefighter safety and health.

Firefighter Close Calls