On a personal side, my dedication to not just our fire chiefs but our men and women who ride that fire truck and go to the emergency scene, if we can be that resource for them and offer them absolutely anything, I take tremendous pride in being able to fulfill whatever they need. » T.J. Deluca, Risk Control Consultant & Fire Department Specialist of Carrboro, City Manager and Fire Chief Jeff Cash of Cherryville, Chief Donna Black of Duck, Chief Tee Tallman of Jacksonville, Chief Ron Fowler of Monroe, Chief Blue Born of Ocean Isle Beach, Chief Kenneth Torain of Roxboro, Chief Bob Parnell of Salisbury, Mayor and Fire Chief Walter Gardner of Warrenton in addition to Deluca. In the program’s 18 months so far (as of this writing), the more frequently requested offerings include: • 24/7 risk control consulting, which invites all issues impacting the fire department; • Risk assessments, which work in partnership with fire chiefs to assess many of the high-risk issues within the department and provide effective controls (including, at times, financially with the League’s RMS Safety Grant Program); continued from page 9 • Procedure/policy review and recommendations; • Claims history and trend evaluation, which looks locally, statewide, and nationally among similar-size departments to help shape accurate and meaningful solutions; • Onsite training, a risk-management eye within the fire service. “If we can do anything to improve firefighter safety and thus reduce claims and losses, we’ve won,” Deluca noted. “But, on a personal side, my dedication to not just our fire chiefs but our men and women who ride that fire truck and go to the emergency scene, if we can be that resource for them and offer them absolutely anything, I take tremendous pride in being able to fulfill whatever they need.” SOUTHERN CITY QUARTER 4 2021 10
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