June 18, 2021
Downey Fire Department
12222 Paramount Blvd, Downey CA.
Board Members Present: President Quinn, Hudson, Seely, Rabe, Sposado,
0930 – Meeting called to order – President Quinn welcomed attendees to SAFER’s first “Post-Pandemic “monthly meeting and reflected on some of the difficulties the past years health crisis brought. B/C Pete Brown flag salute and a moment of silence for those who’ve the ultimate sacrifice.
Chief Quinn welcomed the attendees to the meeting and related the need for new board members especially the Treasurers position. He related the future issues the fire service will be facing in the next years. He mentioned behavioral health, CalOSHA mandates, COVID-19 Airborne Protection Standard.
Treasures report: Please pay memberships to support SAFER programs. Report was submitted to board as received from Tony Duran.
Firefighter Injury Prevention
Program by Capt. Bran Hammond LAFD and Shaun Higgs LAFD Athletic Trainer – Risk Management Division
FMS – Functional Movement Screening: An assessment of various strength / range of motion / posture that can help generate an improvement strategy to reduce risk of injury.
Typical “Injured FF”:40 YO with 15 years on the job
LAFD IPU Videos: @lafd_IPU, YouTube,
Interns for assisting trainers may be available via college programs.
“Report Only” documentation discussed.
800 contacts in 7 months, 200 unique injury consultations
Program funded through Mayors office to work towards $53 million / year savings in WC costs for LAFD.
Insert LAFD PowerPoint here:
Introductory “Round Table :
Santa Monica FD
Steve Hanks SCOTT : 2018 SCBA is available, discussed blue tooth communication feature.
Bower Compressors – MSA products, PPE (FireDex): Swift water Rescue / diving
Brian Cox – FireDex supplier of PPE
Scott Hudson – Hemet Retired – FC is leaving, open position, reductions of station staffing after getting Measure E funding (Fire & Police). New CalOSHA rules were discussed regarding wearing masks in the workplace.
Joe Sposado – Thanked venders for attending and contributing to the SAFER core mission. Related the companies worked throughout the pandemic as “essential workers” to supply the emergency services workers with PPE.
Last two trade shows were a bust, nothing planned for the
August 4th – 7th – FDIC is the largest trade show for Fire / EMS agencies.
JD Fox – LAFD Risk Management
Marty Ventura City
Torrance FD – FF/PM
B/C White Burbank FD – Training Chief & Safety
John Price LACoFD (Retired) MES -In Hawaii you have to plan your COVID Testing to travel.
Ramirez – MES
German Walters MES So Cal
Lynn Erickson – HAIX Boots – Related several of their footwear for various mission risk.
Cristine – New AllStar Salesrep.
LACoFD – Capt. Safety Training Golondzinier
Zach Neilson- Downey Fire Department - Physical Trainer.
Industrial Scientific - Gas detection, plum modeling software, “cloud connectivity”
Jim Evans – Solutions Safety – Discussed the last years PPE cleaning protocols and building of cleaning stations.
Tracy Rabe – Linegear Equipment – Related they have full line of wildland
Casey Jones – SFS
Erick Higgins – Bestway Laundry Solutions for fire service.
Cary Nony – Downey Fire Department Equipment Coordinator
Steve Harris – PlyMoVent representative. Related their current active projects.
Travis Davis – Gore Textiles – Manufacturer of GORETEX fabrics used in PPE products.
Jordan Evans – Solutions Safety
Gabe - AllStar Fire Equipment – Related their experience in supply chain bottlenecks.
Aron Ford – Lights.
Jacob – Globe PPE
Charley Turanski – LN Curtis Fire Equipment – Related product lines related nto fire service missions.
Mark Regendo – LACoFD (Retired) now with MES
CalOSHA: 3 years to comply, LAFD just completed CalOSHA Investigation of Kelly Wong LODD. Discussed Boyd Street incident and the safety issues brought about.
Class B foam issue: How do you get rid of the “Old” toxic material.
Meeting Adjourned to vender networking on engine room floor.
Next SAFER Meeting:
Friday, July 16, 2021 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Newport Beach Fire Station 7
20401 Acacia Street
Newport Beach, CA 92660
PRESENTATION BY:
EMS Chief Kristin Thompson ,RN
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