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Fla. Fire Department to Deploy Ballistic Vests to Firefighters
WHAT:
Mayor Buddy Dyer and Fire Chief Roderick S. Williams will assist in deploying ballistic vests to firefighters on all Orlando Fire Department emergency response vehicles. These vests are the latest tool used by the Orlando Fire Department to ensure Orlando firefighters are equipped with the latest technology, training and tactics to respond to any level of emergency. These ballistic vests provide fire department personnel with an increased level of personal protective equipment, which ensures they can assess patients and reduce the potential for injury to themselves when responding to active crime scenes.
Along with protective equipment, Orlando Fire Department conducts state-of-art training exercises throughout the year with Orlando Police Department and other neighboring agencies, including mass casualty scenarios, natural disaster, active-shooter, domestic violence, etc. All of our firefighters completed and are certified in Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC), which focuses on a strategic approach to providing quality care to trauma patients in mass casualty scenarios.
Mayor Buddy Dyer, Fire Chief Roderick S. Williams and Orlando Emergency Medical Chiefs will be available for interviews.
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 6, 2017
1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Orlando Fire Station One
78 West Central Boulevard
MEDIA PARKING:
Media parking will be available in the parking lot west of Fire Station One on North Garland Avenue between East Pine Street and East Central Boulevard.
Background on Ballistic Vests
- Each ballistic vest is approximately seven pounds.
- Vests equipped with bleeding control and airway management supplies, including:
- Tourniquet
- Trauma scissors
- Hemorrhage control bandage
- Quick clot to stop bleeding
- Medical tape
- Airway needle
- Chest seals used for penetrating injuries
- Chest decompression equipment to remove access air in lungs.
Deployment
- All engines, tower/ladder trucks and rescues/ambulances carry vests
- 38 apparatus and seven command units
- Approximately 150 shift personnel daily
- Drag devices, helmets and Rescue Task Force Officer bag(s) located in all Field Operations Chief Officers vehicles
Ashley Papagni
Public Information Manager, City of Orlando Fire Department
City of Orlando Fire Department
p. 407.246.4259
c. 407.758.3656
