FireFighter Pledge. Take a stand and Sign!!!

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Posted by Engineco913 on February 24, 2008 at 2:17pm in Fireground Tactics & Firefighter Safety

By signing your name by clicking reply here, I am hearby agreeing that I will

1. Wear my seat belt while responding to or returning from any fire call, whether Apparatus or POV.

2. Exercise Due regard while driving, regardless of the nature of the call.

3. Exercise Safety on the fire ground, and always watch out for the safety of those around me.

4. Treat all firefighters fairly and with equality. (regardless of sex, or race)

5. Promote training to everyone on my department, and commit myself into the training my department offers.

It sounds foolish, but hopefully we can start a trend to getting eyes opened to the way things should be. Please type Name and Department

Revised addition 28/FEB/08

I plan on taking the masses of signatures and printing off copies. I plan on going to Local Legislature and working my way up to the State level to try and secure some more support (via elected officials) to end this seat belt controversy once and for all on a National Level. Once I have secured my states ear on the matter, I am willing and prepared to move to other states in my area to also Lobby the movement as well. If you all are as willing as I am to make a stand, sign on board and be part of the Movement. I will be posting segments updating progress here and on my blog. I do plan on trying to get as many signatures as I can to show we have overwhelming support as well. Keep the Signatures coming, and thank you

Revision 05/MAR/08
I want to thank all whom have signed and for your thoughts and opinions on the matter. These names will be a great help. Feel free for additional commentary on the matter at a seperate forum Post started by my good friend FASNY Training.
The site is
http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topic/show?id=889755%3ATopic...

This has been used to bump it to the top of the forum postings on the main page but also as a commentary and support section as we try to get this moved along.
Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Beckah Priebe on March 3, 2008 at 11:16pm: Rebekkah Priebe
Willow Region Fire Department
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Permalink Reply by Big I on March 3, 2008 at 11:36pm: Isaac Goodman
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Permalink Reply by Deputy Chief Kevin D. Quinn on March 4, 2008 at 12:17am: First New National Seat Belt Pledge Certificate Goes to New Jersey Fire Company

IAFC On Scene: October 15, 2007
East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company #2 in Mercer County, N.J., is the first organization to receive the new National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge Certificate for achieving 100 percent participation in the signature campaign. East Windsor is the first department in New Jersey to have all its members sign the pledge, promising to wear their seat belts on apparatus.
Chief Gregory Cade, U.S. Fire Administrator, signed the certificate and added the Hot Foot logo representing the UFSA. The IAFC’s new president, Chief Steven P. Westermann, added his signature to the certificate as his first official act at Fire-Rescue International in Atlanta.
Vehicle crashes are the number-two cause of firefighter deaths. Not using seat belts is the number-one safety violation in the fire service. These two lethal facts have resulted in the death of 11 firefighters and countless injuries nationwide since January 2007.
The impact the National Fire Service Seat Belt Pledge program hopes to make is that no firefighter dies in 2008 and beyond just because he or she didn’t wear a seat belt.
The program’s goal is to have one million firefighters take the pledge and 30,000 fire departments receive the certificate. So far, more than 40,000 firefighters have signed the pledge and over 80 departments have achieved 100 percent participation.
To download the Seat Belt Pledge for your department and to watch the progress of this initiative across the country, go to www.trainingdivision.com./seatbeltpledge.asp. Check back to see how many departments in your state are making the commitment and work with your neighboring chiefs to make sure their departments have signed on also.
The IAFC, the U.S. Fire Administration, the National Volunteer Fire Council, the National Fire Protection Association and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation are committed to firefighter seat-belt safety.
Take the pledge, encourage your department and your neighbors to take the pledge, and buckle up so Everyone Goes Home.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kent Andersen on March 4, 2008 at 1:54am: Kent Andersen

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Permalink Reply by Eric on March 4, 2008 at 2:56am: Eric Skinner
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Permalink Reply by Will2745 on March 4, 2008 at 6:19am: Wilbur Matthews
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Permalink Reply by Joe Campbell aka Cutty on March 4, 2008 at 6:23am: Joe Campbell
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Permalink Reply by Will2745 on March 4, 2008 at 6:30am: another comment....to the ones that dont want to reviel there dept...all anyone has to do is click you nametag, and WALLA!!! they have all the info they need...just a thought..LOL!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by firemanchad on March 4, 2008 at 6:55am: Chad Hampton
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