Fairfax, VA – Firefighters can now start reporting near-miss (or close call) events atFirefighternearmiss.com，基于网络的国家消防员近乎未小姐报告系统。国际消防委员会（IAFC）协会（IAFC）正式启动了2005年8月12日的计划，在IAFC在丹佛，CO的丹佛的火灾救援国际会议上发布会。
Firefighternearmiss.com will help the fire service track the close calls-incidents that did not lead to serious injury or death-and learn from these human errors to increase its overall ability to protect firefighters and the communities they serve. Firefighters who experience a near-miss event fill out a quick, user-friendly report that is de-identified and posted so firefighters in other departments can learn from the experiences. All reports are voluntary, non-punitive and confidential.
Once a report is submitted, it is read and analyzed by at least two fire service reviewers. These active duty fire service personnel ensure the confidentiality of the report, code it for data purposes and post it for review by the fire service. The analyzed data will be used to identify trends that can assist in formulating strategies to reduce firefighter injuries and fatalities. Depending on the urgency, information will be presented to the fire service community via program reports, press releases and e-mail alerts.
“It used to be that when a firefighter experienced a near miss, he or she might share it with fellow firefighters at the firehouse kitchen table over dinner,” said Chief Bob DiPoli, 2004-2005 president of the IAFC. “The Near-Miss Reporting System is like a virtual kitchen table that allows firefighters to share those stories-and the lessons learned from them-with firefighters from around the country.”
Firefighternearmiss.com is based on a successful safety program used in the aviation industry for the last 28 years. The airline industry can prove statistically that tracking near-miss incidents has significantly decreased the number of aviation injuries and deaths. Several other industries and organizations, including the medical field, the petroleum/chemical industry and the U.S. military, have addressed near-miss reporting and are receiving similar results in changing the number of injuries and fatalities.
国家防火战斗机近小姐报告系统由国土安全部的赠款提供资金，并向消防员授予计划和消防员基金保险公司提供资金。FirefighterneArmiss.com由国际消防委员会国际消防委员会，国际消防员协会和IAFC的志愿者和组合官员核可，它得到了FirefirterClosecalls.com的相互奉献师安全和生存的支持。
“The success of this innovative near-miss tool in the aviation industry in preventing accidents and passenger deaths and injuries has been unprecedented,” according to U.S. Fire Administrator R. David Paulison. “I look forward to working with the IAFC and this nation’s fire departments to ensure that, at the end of each day,Everyone Goes Home。“
Firefighter death and injury rates have continued to occur at a constant rate, in spite of significant improvements in technology and personal protective equipment, and death and injury reports indicate that a number of these deaths are due in large part to human error and not to technological failure. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that for every 100 incidents of injury, one million close call incidents go unreported.
