The next generation Fire Department Guide to NFPA 1582

Concise, readily-applicable, research-based information on the importance of a comprehensive fire personnel wellness program, educational resources and sample documents. 

Contents:

• NFPA 1582 Q & A
• General
• Fire Administration
• Healthcare Provider
• Risk/Benefit Manager
• Fire administration responsibilities
• Healthcare provider responsibilities
• Resources for all firefighters, as well as info for specific types:
  • Career
  • Wildland
  • EMS
  • Volunteer
  • Candidate
• Data for city/county officials
• Resources for labor
• Resources for family and friends

Background
The Fire Department Guide to NFPA 1582 was deployed in 2013 by the IAFC Safety, Health & Survival (SHS) Section to provide a tool to departments to better understand and use NFPA 1582: Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments.

In 2015, the SHS Section, with support from the IAFC, took on the challenge to better understand the status of firefighter-specific medicals in the U.S. and to find a way to get every firefighter an annual medical.

The Emergency Services Road Map to Health & Wellness, released in Dec. 2017, is the result of that process.