Dealing with a firefighter line-of-duty death is one of the most challenging experiences a fire department can face. Everything that happens immediately after the death affects the way the family, department, and community recover from the loss. Lack of resources and planning often adds to the confusion and pain.
Often, the best place for a department to turn for support is within its own state or region. Through a collaborative effort between the Department of Justice and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), resources and training have helped establish state Local Assistance State Teams (LAST) to deploy and provide much-needed assistance to fire departments and the firefighter’s family immediately following a line-of-duty death.
This training will familiarize participants with the process that occurs in assisting with a line of duty death, including member roles and responsibilities, deployment, available resources, and PSOB documentation and processing.
FCAM is looking to build a cadre of Chiefs to assist with LODD’s, our goal is two Chiefs from each fire district to be trained to support Chiefs with dealing with an LODD.
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