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NEWS ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
On
Friday, October 27th, FAMA, represented by legal counsel Jim
Juneau, participated in a 60-minute radio show over the
Firehouse.com POD cast. The purpose of the show was to
continue to bring attention to the fact that about 45% of
the fire service does not wear their seat belts when riding
in emergency vehicles. Firefighters have been and will be
injured and killed because they were not using their seat
belts. This problem is not new; it persists today, and will
not change in the future until the fire service takes
responsibility and buckles up!
The radio show was divided into three panels ... Seat Belts
the Past, Seat Belts the Present, and Seat Belts the Future.
Jim Juneau was interviewed in the third segment ... the
Future. The following is the link to the radio show:
dynamic.firehouse.com/broadcast/2006/10/27/leadership-on-the-line-seat-belts-past-present-future/
Please take
the time to listen to the broadcast. It was very well done.
The FAMA Board encourages you to pass along the radio show
link and the following link to your customers:
www.trainingdivision.com/seatbeltpledge.asp
This
is the home page of the "seat belt pledge" where the goal of
1,000,000 signatures and fire departments with 100%
participation will be tracked.
Encourage your customers to take the National Fire Service
Seat Belt Pledge:
"Firefighter Christopher Brian Hunton, age 27, was a member
of the Amarillo Texas Fire Department for one year. On April
23, 2005, he fell out of his fire truck responding to an
alarm. He died two days later from his injuries. Brian was
not wearing his seat belt."
The Pledge:
"I pledge to wear my seat belt whenever I am riding in a
Fire Department vehicle. I further pledge to insure that all
my brother and sister firefighters riding with me wear their
seat belts. I am making this pledge willingly; to honor
Brian Hunton, my brother firefighter, because wearing seat
belts is the right thing to do."
FAMA has rallied to endorse this program.
FAMA ... SAFETY ... That's what we're about!
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