BY PETER BRYAN AND JANET WALKER
“Everyone Goes Home” should include eliminating on-duty and incident-related injuries, not just tragic fire service fatalities. If we really want to reduce injuries, there are many ways to do so. Increasing firefighter safety is everyone’s responsibility; reducing workers’ compensation injuries should be also.
Most fire agencies will experience increases in firefighter injuries, workers’ compensation injuries, and the expenses necessary to treat these injuries and administer the program.
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