Fire & Life Safety Education The Fire & Life Safety Education Division delivers instruction throughout the District. The Fire and Life Safety Educator is responsible to educate the public about the risks of fires, falls, CPR training, choking, and other threats to life safety, as well as informing the public on how to best minimize the risks of suffering injury or death and unintentional injuries from said risks. The Educator is directly responsible for Community Risk Reduction throughout the District. Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is a process to help communities find out what their risks are and develop a plan to reduce the risks viewed as “High Priority”. Once it is viewed as High Priority, programs are coordinated and implemented to
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reduce that risk. Our goal is to properly follow and abide by our Department’s Community Safety Mission. The Fire and Life Safety Educator is responsible for the effective supervision and education of the different “at-risk” programs that are implemented throughout the District. There are 6 steps to follow for a successful CRR Program: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5: Step 6:
Identify Risks Prioritize Risks Begin to develop strategies and tactics to mitigate the risks Prepare the Community Risk Reduction plan Implement the plan for the community Monitor, evaluate and modify the plan while tracking short-term and long-term results
Community Risk Assessment (CRA) is an important first step in the CRR process. It is a comprehensive evaluation that identifies, prioritizes, and defines the risks that pertain to the overall community. The CRA informs the CRR plan and results in a full understanding of the community’s unique risks, capabilities, and characteristics related to the following profiles:
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