{"id":1788,"date":"2013-03-11T15:20:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2013-03-11T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T19:20:03","slug":"understanding-the-situations-around-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/11\/understanding-the-situations-around-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Situations Around You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ONEIDA<\/b><b> COUNTY OFFICE OF THE FIRE COORDINATOR<\/b><\/p>\n<p>120 Base Road<\/p>\n<p>Oriskany, New York 13424<\/p>\n<p><b>TRAINING CLASS- Open to All Fire\/EMS\/Law Agencies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Situational Awareness in the <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Fire and EMS Services<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Understanding the Situations Around You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Presenter: Dr. William Jenaway- Fire Chief<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/clip_image0023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px\" title=\"clip_image002\" border=\"0\" alt=\"clip_image002\" src=\"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/clip_image002_thumb3.jpg\" width=\"93\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><u>Overview:<\/u><\/b> We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need a dictionary to tell us, understanding the situation around us when entering a fire or rescue situation can mean the difference between life and death to our crew. It is up to the officers in charge of the incident, division, crew or apparatus to know the level of risk they are encountering and make the critical decision of when to advance or retreat to risk only what you are willing to lose versus what can be saved. Remember no building is worth the life of a firefighter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c be aware of your situation! Similarly, we have to understand the situation around us at the station, and on the street to not only stay safe, but to protect the assets of our organization, to protect our customers, and to keep our organization from experiencing problems. Chief Jenaway brings his years of experience through examples of situations that have created problems for fire and EMS agencies and how to manage them. Firefighters, EMTs, Chief officers, administrators, and Commissioners will all find examples of how to protect themselves and their organizations.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Instructor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bio<\/u><\/b><b>: <\/b>William F. Jenaway, Ph.D, CFPS, CFO, CSP, CPP, FIFE is Executive Vice President of VFIS, the countries largest insurer of fire and EMS agencies. During his 43 years in public safety he has served as Chief of two Pennsylvania Fire Departments as well as a local elected official with public safety responsibilities. In 2001 he was named \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at the IAFC Conference. A regular conference speaker and contributor to numerous fire service publications he is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Fire Chief magazine and serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Fire Services Institute.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>LOCATION:<\/u><\/b><b> Westmoreland Central School Auditorium<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>DATE:<\/u><\/b><b> March 26, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>TIME<\/u><\/b><b>: 7:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>COST:<\/u><\/b><b> $10.00- Make checks\/vouchers out to OCFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>REGISTER AT:<\/u><\/b><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocgov.net\/E911\/FireTraining\">http:\/\/www.ocgov.net\/E911\/FireTraining<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Oneida<\/b><b> County VFA\/Oneida County Fire Chiefs Scholarship Fund<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONEIDA COUNTY OFFICE OF THE FIRE COORDINATOR 120 Base Road Oriskany, New York 13424 TRAINING CLASS- Open to All Fire\/EMS\/Law Agencies Situational Awareness in the Fire and EMS Services \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Understanding the Situations Around You\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Presenter: Dr. William Jenaway- Fire Chief Overview: We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need a dictionary to tell us, understanding the situation around us when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}