Bridging the Gap: Preparing your Jurisdiction for Civil Unrest (Learn Live)

Bridging the Gap: Fire Prevention and other Considerations in Preparing your Jurisdiction for Civil unrest, is intended to provide guidance to fire departments that wish to develop plans related to any type of civil unrest that may affect the communities they serve. Specifically, we will consider planning from a fire prevention perspective as opposed to an operational or response viewpoint. As in almost any risk related issue, prevention can pay significant dividends - in this case in the form of reduced damage, reduced injuries and enhanced firefighter safety. The goal is to offer suggestions that will enhance your community’s overall safety by utilizing design, business operation, and informational ideas to reduce the opportunity for offenders to damage property through vandalism and fire setting. We will include both regulatory criteria, which may be required, as well as recommendations for businesses that may not be required, but would be useful to reduce damage during an event.