As the Fire Department Safety Officers Association’s (FDSOA) apparatus symposium concluded, its annual safety forum opened with an overlap presentation by Gordon Graham, a long-time champion of public safety responders.
For more than three hours, Graham educated and entertained firefighters from all over the country with a simple, yet profound message focused on risk management and how firefighters can better protect themselves.
“If we can identify the cause of the tragedy, perhaps we can put together control measures to prevent similar tragedies from occurring,” Graham said.
Graham, who is also president of Lexipol, a company focused on standardizing policies, procedures and training within public safety agencies, said the importance of data cannot be overstated. Data and its analysis is key to developing sound risk management plans and policies.