1. © Chief Kelvin Cochran Chief, Atlanta Fire Department ©2011 National Fallen Firefighters Foundation All Rights Reserved Urban Fire Forum NFPA Headquarters October 20-23,2011

2. © The Vulnerability Assessment Project Phase I Concludes

3. © VAP: Goal is to design a vulnerability assessment tool for evaluating exposures and risk control techniques in fire departments nationwide.

4. © Phase I -- Perform research and analysis of existing best practices, models, and tools for risk and vulnerability assessment (R/VA) with applicability for the U.S. fire service; develop preliminary R/VA framework.

5. © VAP Steering Committee Members Executive Committee Chief Ron Siarnicki – Executive Director, NFFF Chief Glenn Gaines– (Acting) USFA Administrator Allen Fritts – President, Honeywell Fire Systems

6. © VAP Steering Committee  Chief Kelvin Cochran  Chief Bill Jenaway  Chief Charlie Dickinson  Deputy Chief William Golfeder  Chief Jim Tidwell (retired)  Battalion Chief Steve Kimple  Chief Dick Bauer  Cortez Lawrence, PhD  Battalion Chief Henry Costo  Chief William Pessemier

7. © Fire Service Partners & Advisors IAFFISO IAFCVFIS NFPACenter for Public Safety Excellence i-womenFAMA/FEMSA IABPFFLION Apparel IAAICommon Voices FDSOANational Safety Council NAHFSurvivor Community DHS US Navy HONEYWELL NAFTD

8. © Citations of Support  United States Council of Mayors  Center for Public Safety Excellence

9. © VAP Work Phases

10. © Phase I -- Perform research and analysis of existing best practices, models, and tools for risk and vulnerability assessment (R/VA) with applicability for the U.S. fire service; develop preliminary R/VA framework.

11. © What Phase I Accomplished

12. © Literature Review Reviewed 2,893 peer- reviewed academic journal articles – finally selected 375 articles with potential VAP applicability from 77 journals.

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14. © Literature Review (con’t) Also reviewed 506 relevant NIOSH reports, 23 NFPA reports, and 29 USFA reports.

15. © Literature Review (con’t) 137 Doctoral Dissertations & theses indexed by the National Fire Academy LRC were examined

16. © Risk Entities Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA)

17. © Stakeholder Recommendations ● “ Keep the customer in mind, from rural to urban, make it simple and usable ” ● “ Maybe room for an i-phone or Android app for individual firefighters as an add-on, opportunity to collect data from firefighters ” ● “ Fire chief able to sit down and answer series of questions, spit out report with deficiencies, hot links, standards, SOPs ” ● “ Tailor the tool to suit the needs of the jurisdiction ” ● “ Don ’ t make it too simple – needs to be seen as useful and worth the time ” ● “ Use standards where available ”

18. © WORDLE Content Analysis

19. © Phase I Directions

20. © Contributing Risk Factors Will focus on the organizational, group and individual levels of behavior.

21. © VAP Reports will include: Identification of Ed & Training Prioritizing needed changes Developing corrective actions Re-prioritizing investments Suggested public policy discussions within dept.& with stakeholders.

22. © Sample VAP Questions: Does your department provide information to firefighters and fire officers related to the designation of collapse zones during structural fires? Does your fire department coordinate the planning process for violent emergencies with local law enforcement agencies? D new firefighters receive a set amount of training prior to being allowed to respond to emergency incidents? Does your fire department provide firefighters and fire officers with information about the behavior of lightweight engineered wood trusses under fire conditions?

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27. © LODD Contributing Factors Unpredictable event Lack of effective policies & procedures Lack of preparedness Lack of appropriate decision-making Lack of personal responsibility Lack of leadership

28. © Phase II -- Specify initial model for fire service vulnerability assessment, gather broad stakeholder input, and revise as needed. Phase III -- Perform needs assessment and gather requirements for software development process; create request for qualifications (RFQ) document and distribute to potential vendors/development teams.

29. © Questions: www.everyonegoeshome.com or jkelly@everyonegoeshome.com (JoEllen Kelly, NFFF Project Manager) www.everyonegoeshome.com jkelly@everyonegoeshome.com