Redmond EMS Abstracts.indd - IAFF
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WORKSHOP GROUP A<br />
Economics of Fire Fighter Wellness<br />
Workplace health promotion efforts are receiving significant attention in today’s health care<br />
reform debate. This presentation will examine major criteria for a fire service health promotion<br />
program and how it will affect illness and injury costs. This workshop will highlight the cost<br />
justification of the <strong>IAFF</strong>’s Wellness-Fitness Initiative and new injury cost data from the PHLAME<br />
Study discussing the necessary cost-effective approach to wellness in today’s difficult financial<br />
situation.<br />
MODERATOR<br />
George Cruz<br />
Battalion Chief<br />
<strong>IAFF</strong> Local 1014<br />
Los Angeles County Fire Department<br />
Los Angeles, California<br />
PANEL<br />
Kerry Kuehl, MD<br />
Associate Professor of Medicine<br />
Oregon Health Sciences University<br />
Portland, Oregon<br />
Rick Segrest<br />
Battalion Chief<br />
Orange County Fire & Rescue<br />
Winter Park, Florida<br />
Bill Bussing<br />
Wellness-Fitness Coordinator<br />
<strong>IAFF</strong> Local 1619<br />
Prince George’s County Fire Department<br />
Largo, Maryland<br />
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