Evaluation of Home Fire Safety Checks Program: Firefighter Perspectives for Fire & Rescue New South Wales: Report 1

Kathy Tannous, Vera Williams Tetteh

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Abstract

The Home Fire Safety Checks (HFSC) program entails the proactive delivery of home fire safety messages and products to households in their homes. The process involves fire fighters canvassing households directly in their homes by using a two-step approach: the delivery of postcards informing residents that they will be in the area within a short time and then door-knocking and offering the program. The HFSC program is still in its early stages of delivery in New South Wales. This evaluation has obtained feedback and input from frontline firefighters that have delivered the program and those that have not. The evaluation of the FRNSW firefighter perspectives on the HFSC program was conducted by Western Sydney University as a Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) commissioned project. This report presents findings from three of the four components of the evaluation: a literature and policy review, key stakeholder interviews, and focus group interviews with firefighters. The final report anticipated for late 2016 will comprise the results of the survey of FRNSW’s firefighters, the last component of the evaluation with conclusions and recommendations.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPenrith, N.S.W.
PublisherWestern Sydney University
Number of pages52
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • New South Wales
  • fire prevention

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