Arizona Fire and Burn Educators Association

  A blog about work life balance in the Fire Service. https://www.firestrong.org/ images/content/ 7bdd20c3e52408f121e7474195258b 18.pdf   Firestrong     If you prefer not to receive marketing emails from Firestrong, please click here to  unsubscribe . Copyright 2022, United Phoenix Firefighter Charities

  Social Media Is Sneaking Into Young Kids' Lives, Like It or Not    By  Jeff Knutson Senior Content Strategist, Education It's never too early to  give kids the skills they'll need to navigate our social media-infused world . We might try to stop it, but pop culture always finds a way into kids' lives. And pop culture today is social media—mainly TikTok. Here's a true story: The other day, driving my third grader home from school, I was surprised to overhear him humming a song from a popular TikTok video I'd seen. It was a specific song with a very specific four-letter word in it. To be clear, my son does not have a TikTok account. Did he overhear it somewhere? Or maybe a friend's older sibling showed it to him. Did he somehow see it cross-posted on YouTube? I asked him, of course, but you know how that goes.  I get it, that's just how these things work. Like the "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" song or any other joke or urban myth—despite our be...

  By  Madison Hopkins , BGA, and  Cecilia Reyes , Chicago Tribune   Apr 23, 2021 6:00 AM This project is a collaboration between the Better Government Association and the  Chicago Tribune The fire that killed four of Shamaya Coleman’s children raced through their South Side building within minutes. But it was a tragedy years in the making. It began before the fire started one floor below, in an apartment without working smoke detectors. It was already in motion before the flames spread through a broken door and up the stairs through darkened hallways. In fact, the tragedy began long before the single mother moved her family into the modest one-bedroom home. They were, like so many families, hoping for better days. They were also completely unaware the city had known for years the building was a firetrap. Shamaya Coleman inside her home in Chicago’s East Chatham neighborhood in August. Four of her children were killed in 2014 in an apartment fire in the Rose...

  Burn Prevention Framework Released   CHICAGO, IL  – The American Burn Association (ABA) released the Burn Prevention Framework via publication in the Journal of Burn Care and Research (JBCR). This resource sets a standard for burn prevention programming to make quality programming design and education more accessible to all. In February 2020, burn prevention experts from a variety of professional backgrounds gathered for a national Burn Prevention Summit. The resulting framework for burn prevention program planning includes components of a successful program, a five-step process for program planning, best practices in messaging, and general advice from the summit attendees. This framework is designed for both novice professionals who are new to burn prevention programming development and experienced professionals who would like to strengthen existing programming.   "Those of us who care for patients with burn injuries and witness the devastating impact wish nothing...

Join me and Chief Powers as we talk about Community Risk Reduction, change management, and the role of the fire service.  A great conversation!   https://www. youtube.com/watch?v= zyfCcc5Zi1w   Michael O'Brian Fire Chief Brighton Area Fire Authority