National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
We are starting a new weekly feature here at Firewhirl. Each Thursday we will post on a near-miss report from the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System (listed as NFFNMRS on the sidebar on the right). I'll go through the reports for the last week and pick one. So...here goes:
Here is the link to the report - Crew Integrity Problem.
After reading the report (it's short), I would challenge you to discuss it with some of your fellow firefighters. Here are some questions to get you started.
Could this happen in your department?
What steps should be taken to keep this from happening?
Does your department stress to new firefighters that they need to work in teams?
Whose responsibility is it to ensure that this doesn't happen?
