On the latest edition of Through the Smoke, Billy Goldfeder examines the recently launched ?near-miss? reporting system created by the IAFC and available on the Web site www.firefighternearmiss.com. Guests are IAFC Project Manager Amy Noel Hultman and the man who made it come together, Battalion Chief John Tippett, Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue Service. Goldfeder wants to know why anyone will take the time to report the dumb and reckless things they do ... and gets the answers.
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About the Author
Billy Goldfeder
BILLY GOLDFEDER, EFO, who is a Firehouse contributing editor, has been a firefighter since 1973 and a chief officer since 1982. He is deputy fire chief of the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department in Ohio, which is an ISO Class 1, CPSE and CAAS-accredited department. Goldfeder has served on numerous NFPA and International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) committees. He is on the board of directors of the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.