No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service breathing example that Chief Thompson’s

breathing example that Chief Thompson’s principles truly work

You can add this program into an already existing training program

Find a partner or get your crew together

Ensuring its success requires a knowledge of how it works and what precautions must be taken

Acknowledgements

No Time for Playing Cards: Higher Reliability Organizing for the Fire Service breathing example that Chief Thompson’sWhy do we continue to see similar firefighter injuries and line of duty deaths (LODDs) repeated each year? We often respond with technical solutions, such as more SOGs, safety lists, and studying more strategies and tactics. But are there greater depths of technical knowledge in our profession that can make firefighting significantly safer? Does it also help to look at the human side of our profession? Other high risk, high consequence industries have