Is your department on the path to a line-of-duty death? This compelling presentation by the National Fallen Firefighter Foundations examines the root causes of LODDs and the role of Leadership, Accountability, Culture and Knowledge as it impacts the end result. Many fire departments across the United States "LACK the Right Stuff" to prevent them from being on a path to a line-of-duty death. Leadership, Accountability, Culture and Knowledge are the elements that need to be addressed and managed in those environments. Through education and training, those departments can improve their survivability by understanding the root causes of firefighter fatalities and tackling these four elements with special emphasis on understanding fire service culture. This program will provide information on how to incorporate this learning into instructional presentations.

This program is designed to reach fire officers, training officers and chief officers and provide the opportunity to learn how Leadership, Accountability, Culture and Knowledge can guide them toward recognizing how they can improve both their own and or organizational skill set for what each letter represents. (L.A.C.K.). It assumes the attendee has not yet embraced the Everyone Goes Home®, Courage to Be Safe® campaign. While improving Leadership skills, recognizing the importance of Accountability, the impact of Culture and the need for continuous Knowledge the presenter utilizes the opportunity to introduce the blueprint for the Courage to Be Safe® 16 Firefighter Life Safetry Initiatives into the personal and organizational improvement action plan.

If any attendee has embraced the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives and attends this program they will be encouraged by the interactive opportunity that both efforts can have both personally and professionally.