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United States Fire Administration 2016 Metro Fire Chiefs Conference The Challenge of Change

United States Fire Administration 2016 Metro Fire Chiefs Conference The Challenge of Change. Ernest Mitchell, Jr. United States Fire Administrator. Data Collection and Analysis Public Education and Awareness Applied Research and Technology Training (Fire & EMS)

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United States Fire Administration 2016 Metro Fire Chiefs Conference The Challenge of Change

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  1. United States Fire Administration2016 Metro Fire Chiefs ConferenceThe Challenge of Change Ernest Mitchell, Jr. United States Fire Administrator

  2. Data Collection and Analysis • Public Education and Awareness • Applied Research and Technology • Training (Fire & EMS) • Deployment Assistance (Disaster Response Support) • Information Services

  3. Fire kills over 3,000 and injures 16,000 people each year. Approximately, 100 firefighters die on duty each year. Direct property losses due to fire reach almost $12 billion a year. Most of these deaths and losses can be prevented!

  4. Firefighter Injuries

  5. Firefighter Fatalities

  6. Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service

  7. One of a new leader’s greatest challenges is to determine what remains consistent and what must change – knowing where the line is between these two issues makes a good leader. -- Max DePree, Leadership Is An Art

  8. The Future of the Fire and Emergency Services

  9. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." -Lao Tzu

  10. Reduce Deaths, Injuries and Property Loss from Fire • Smoke Detectors • Residential Fire Sprinklers • Manufactured Housing • Heart Disease and Strokes • Community Risk Reduction – All Hazards • (Public Engagement and Adding Value)

  11. Modernize NFIRS • Online Education • AFG and SAFER Grants • Automatic Fire Sprinklers • Enhance Communications • WUI and Climate Impacts

  12. The Future… • Wildland Urban Interface

  13. Managing Officer Program

  14. Firefighter Coordination No Notice Deployment • No notice catastrophic event • Intra and Inter-state community aid • Build database – Information and Coordination • Identify potential resources and analyze

  15. Active Shooter/Mass Casualty • Active shooter/mass casualty events are a reality in modern American life. • The overall goal is to plan, prepare and respond to save the maximum number of lives possible.

  16. The Hartford Consensus • Coordinated Integrated Whole Community Response • Fire/Rescue/EMS and Law Enforcement • Critical Actions - THREAT • T - Threat suppression • H - Hemorrhage control • RE - Rapid Extrication to safety • A - Assessment by medical providers • T - Transport to definitive care • Bystander Engagement

  17. JCTAWS • Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Worship Series • Program to Enhance Preparedness for Complex, Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

  18. Media • Rapid Communications • Technology • Training and Education

  19. United States Fire Administration www.usfa.fema.gov OpenFEMA (Big Data – API Files) www.fema.gov/openfema

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