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The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has released a report providing invaluable information about those factors which continue to hurt firefighters. The analysis, compiled from two years’ worth of line-of-duty injury data among metropolitan fire departments, speaks for itself (emphasis added is mine):

Ninety-four and one half percent of firefighter LOD injuries occurring in 2005-2006 in the departments studied, are attributable to an identifiable cluster of contributing factors. Approximately one third of the firefighter LOD injuries studied are attributable to a cluster of factors that are under the direct control of the individual firefighter and chief officers.

These data suggest that one-third of firefighter LOD injuries can be prevented simply by changes in behavior. Now that we have established who is to blame for these LOD injuries, what exactly are they doing wrong? (more…)