Our Outreach & Communication Manager, Victoria Gallogly, MPH, was honored to contribute to the annual Dornsife Magazine! She wrote about our work with the first responders to support their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

New Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST Center) at Dornsife research reveals differences in mental health workers’ compensation presumption laws for first responders: bit.ly/3ScH7ej

In June, Washington state passed a new workers' comp. law allocating funds for departments to pay for safety culture assessment and training--like our FOCUS program! Read more about the new law and how we worked with Labor & Industries to bring FOCUS to WA: bit.ly/4dt98GF

Great news for the Center for Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST) at Dornsife 👇

This week, FIRST Director Dr. Jennifer Taylor will be presenting at Fire-Rescue Int'l in Dallas. She will be speaking about the FOCUS safety culture survey, including some interesting findings from the most recent assessment, and how departments can get involved. See you there!

Thank you to Dr. Patience Ajoff-Foster, Drexel University Asst. VP for Inclusive Culture & Belonging, for talking with us yesterday about DEI at the University! Dr. Ajoff-Foster advises us on the assessment and training components in the DEI FIRE Toolkit: bit.ly/DEI-FIRST

Folks at IAFC #FRI2024: Don't miss tomorrow's session from FIRST Center Director, Dr. Jennifer Taylor, about the FOCUS Safety Culture Survey! She will be in Ballroom C3 tomorrow 8/16 at 10:15am CDT. Be sure to add her to your agenda--see you then!

Georgetown first responders see violent assaults, points to a nationwide problem live5news.com/2024/10/04/geo…

Every month, one of the first responders at Georgetown Fire & EMS in SC is assaulted on the job. Dr. Taylor spoke with Live5News about the mental health implications of workplace violence and what solutions are out there to protect our first responders: bit.ly/3NcQw2r

Jennifer Taylor, PhD, professor and director of FIRST Center, discusses the nationwide uptick of violence toward first responders: live5news.com/2024/10/04/geo…

🚨NOW ENROLLING: FOCUS Safety Culture Survey!🚨 FOCUS measures burnout, job satisfaction, work engagement, and behavioral health outcomes. SIGN UP: bit.ly/FOCUS-Enroll Opportunity is open to ALL departments—combination and volunteer are strongly encouraged to apply.

At yesterday's DVRPC event, Jennifer Taylor, PhD, professor and director of FIRST Center, and fellow panelists discussed how hospital closures affected emergency medical services response.

Our research shows volunteer and combination departments, on average, have HIGHER management commitment to safety scores than career departments. ⬆️scores = ⬇️injuries, ⬆️wellbeing, + more! Where does YOUR department stand? Find out with FOCUS: bit.ly/FOCUS-Enroll

This week, FIRST will be at IAFC VCOS Section Symposium in the Sun! Stop by our booth to learn more about the Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey and how your department can lead with data.

Chief Stephen Trenholm (Essex Junction Fire) knows how hard it can be for small town departments to get the support they need. FOCUS showed his members were burnt out—here's what happened when he took that data to Town Council. Get what YOU need with FOCUS: bit.ly/FOCUS-Enroll