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Community Risk Reduction Raising the Bar

All fire departments are good, but the MFRD is “GREAT”. Fire departments across the land have always put the most important resources as the focus in order to enhance and improve safety. The MFRD has taken additional steps to raise the bar and make keeping the citizens’ safety paramount.

Community Risk Reduction (CRR) by definition is a process to identify and prioritize local risk, followed by integrated and strategic investment of resources to reduce the occurrence and impact of fires and injury or loss of life.

In short, CRR works to identify potential harm to the community and to reduce if not eliminate those harms. This is done not by one blanket measure but is broken down into individual communities block by block. Utilizing census data, GIS information, and other software allows for an accurate geographic and demographic picture of any potential risk. CRR collaborates with internal and external entities to be effective but remain efficient.

Next, CRR prioritizes the incident from high risk to low risk along with the possibility and probability of occurrence. For instance, CRR would review an occurrence of a hurricane response or

extreme flooding before an earthquake or wildland fire. Then, CRR develops strategies or a plan to completely prevent the incident. In some cases, when the incident cannot be prevented, they work to mitigate or reduce any negative impact. CRR utilizes education, engineering, enforcement, emergency response and economic incentive to empower the community to remain safe.

CRR works to leverage concerns by getting external stakeholder input and to assist with the most critical parts of the plan.

Finally, your MFRD is being great in that we are not just being reactive but constantly working to be proactive in our approach to safety. Best practices and all safety standards are considered to find the best solution for each and every community within the City of Mobile.

CRR reviews and evaluates what happened 10 years ago and 5 years ago in hopes to forecast what will happen today and the upcoming years. They then use every measure possible in hopes of achieving the best positive outcome. From the fire chief to the last person hired, CRR works on your behalf to keep your safety and wellbeing a top priority.