Fire Risk Management for Structures Beyond Response Scope
1. Fire Risk Management on the Garrison Our Approach to Managing Fire Risk That “Falls Outside” Our Scope of Services
2. Robert P. Avsec Career Summary Battalion Chief (Ret.), Chesterfield (VA) Fire & EMS Department Battalion Commander, Emergency Operations Division Manager, Emergency Communications Center Director, Training & Safety Division Director, EMS Division Planning & Operational Consultant, Patriot EMS, Ironton, OH Instructor & Course Developer, GA Fire Academy, Forsyth, GA Senior Fire & EMS Analyst, CALIBRE Systems, Alexandria, VA
3. Terminal Performance Objective Given the need to ensure that Common Levels of Support (CLS) can be delivered with assigned resources, the Fire Chief will develop a Fire Risk Management Plan for their garrison that addresses those hazards where CLS measures cannot be accomplished, in compliance with the requirements of DoDI 6055.06, DES CLS 68, and the Army’s Composite Risk Management Program.
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5. Describe how to use the 5-Step Process in the Army’s Composite Risk Management Program to address fire risk
65. Developing controls at 0200 hrs with the building on fire and babies hanging from the balconies is a %&$#@! Make good use of your Discretionary Time
66. “The serious losses in life and property resulting annually from fires cause me deep concern. I am sure that such unnecessary waste can be reduced. The substantial progress made in the science of fire prevention and fire protection in this country during the past forty years convinces me that the means are available for limiting this unnecessary destruction.” -----Harry S Truman May 13, 1948
67. Fire Reduction Controls Education Engineering Enforcement II – 1976 III – 1986 IV – 1996 V - 2003 February 1966
68. Engineering Require residential sprinklers in all newly constructed one and two family homes. Period. Change building codes so that all building materials must pass fire resistance performance standards, not just “gravity-defiance” standards. Change building codes in Wild land Urban Interface areas to prohibit the use of combustible building materials. Mandate the use of block, concrete, stucco, and other non-combustible materials. Period. Mandate Fire-safe cigarettes nation-wide. Source: Avsec, R.P., 21st Century Manifesto, Fire Chief Magazine, Mutual Aid blog, http://blog.firechief.com/mutual_aid/?author=6
69. Education Require that all residential property in a locality—rental and occupant-owned—has a copy of the locality’s fire prevention code “do’s and don’ts”, written in “plain English” and other applicable languages for the community. Require fire departments and school systems to jointly deliver a standard fire prevention curriculum in elementary, middle, and high schools every two years. Require completion of fire prevention course of study as prerequisite for obtaining a residential lease or buying a home. Require insurance companies to inspect rental and occupant-owned residential properties before insuring the property. Require policy holders to submit an affidavit to their insurance company stating that they comply with the fire prevention provisions of their policy and their locality every year as a condition to renew their coverage. Source: Avsec, R.P., 21st Century Manifesto, Fire Chief Magazine, Mutual Aid blog, http://blog.firechief.com/mutual_aid/?author=6
70. Enforcement Investigate all fires and issue a court summons to the building occupant if a fire is determined to have been caused by their negligence. (Just like a traffic accident: if you’re at fault, you pay the price.) Bill the occupant for the cost of fire suppression services when a fire is determined to have been the result of occupant negligence. Fine builders and contractors when a fire investigation reveals that improper building materials or building practices (a) started the fire or (b) contributed to the spread of the fire. Fine rental property owners who do not maintain their rental properties and whose properties are not in compliance with the locality’s fire prevention code. Incorporate a locality’s level of fire protection and history of fire loss into the financial processes that financial institutions use to determine a locality’s bond rating. Source: Avsec, R.P., 21st Century Manifesto, Fire Chief Magazine, Mutual Aid blog, http://blog.firechief.com/mutual_aid/?author=6
76. When We Can’t Meet Our Scope of Service—Implement Controls
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78. Describe how to use the 5-Step Process in the Army’s Composite Risk Management Program to address fire risk
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Notas do Editor
#1 – Robert Avsec is retired battalion chief who served the citizens of Chesterfield County, Virginia for twenty-five years with the men and women of the Chesterfield Fire & EMS Department. During his “1st Career”, he served a combined nine-and-a-half years assigned to staff officer manager positions—a unique experience that he says helped make him a much more rounded chief office. Those staff assignments included: Battalion Commander, Emergency Operations Division; Manager, Emergency Communications Center; Director of Training and Safety Division; and Director, EMS Division.He’s also been an instructor for training programs—at the local, state, and federal level--targeting student populations ranging from entry-level providers through chief officers. He’s been on the instructor staffs of both the Virginia Department of Fire Programs and the National Fire Academy, Emmitsburg, MD. #2-He embarked on a 2nd career working with a small, private sector ambulance service in southern Ohio helping a young company—in business less than 5 years—with strategic planning and organizational development. Robert has also worked as an Instructor and Course Developer with the GA Fire Academy on the campus of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, GA. His primary roles were teaching management level courses and developing a curriculum to meet NFPA Standard 1021 for Chief Officer III in GA. Currently, we’re delighted to have him assigned as a Senior Analyst from CALIBRE Systems working at HQDA IMCOM in IMES-F. Please join me in giving Robert a warm Army welcome!