Volunteer Fire Service Culture - Essential Strategies for Success: A Three-Part Training
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The goal of this course is to highlight individual awareness of the culture of the volunteer fire service and its effect on safety. This course will define the challenges and offer solutions for individuals and departments to use to reduce line of duty injuries and deaths. In module 1, The Role of Leadership, you will learn how leadership plays an important role in how department members view health and safety in the fire house. Module 2 details why it is important to maintain both physical and mental wellness as a function of responder safety and what measures should be taken to initiate wellness programs in your own department. Finally, in module 3, you will learn why it is important to support a climate of safety in the fire house and on the fireground.
David Lewis
Fire Chief (ret.)
Odenton Volunteer Fire Company
David is an active member of the Odenton (MD) Volunteer Fire Company, having served for over 40 years as a volunteer firefighter/EMT and past Chief Officer. He is also NVFC's Maryland Director and the NVFC representative to the AFG, SAFER, and FP&S criteria development process. He is a Past President of the Anne Arundel County Volunteer Firefighters Association and of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association. He is recognized lecturer on many fire service topics and teaches on behalf of the National Fire Academy and the MD Fire and Rescue Institute around the nation. David is a Maryland Director of the National Volunteer Fire Council. David Lewis’s expertise not only includes fire ground operation, he also is a subject matter expert on strategic planning, fire service reputation management and behavioral health issues among other topics.
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