Empowered, future directed;-
1) First-responders
- Career and income development
2) Emergency services & fire-station
- New funding options, high impact equipment & advanced management
“Head-on” a Firefly Innovations initiative
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The risks faced by communities, emergency services and first-responders in future will be bigger, more complex and more dangerous with higher health risks and stress.
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It is time to change this
Learn how you, your management team and first-resopnders can:-
Unlock and benefits from “First-resopnder innovation-hubs”
What is “Head-on”?
Communities, emergency services and first-responders are facing:-
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Bigger challenges, more complex events and higher risks.
Head-on was launched to assist emergency services and first-responders to strengthen their skills to meet these new challenges.
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In this, Head-on provides a wide-range of support and
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helps to secure sponsorship for emergency services and first-responders
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It is a reality that:-
The risks and health threats of the World-trade Center that first-responders faced are no longer the exception:-
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It is becoming the standard
The full spectrum of risks, from wildfires, catastrophes and human triggered events are busy to increase
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A new approach is needed by leadership and first-responders
In this “Head-on” provides assistance to:-
emergency services and first-responders to meet these new challenges
The “Head-on” support is powerful, future directed tools that;-
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support first-responders both on a professional and personal level
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to succeed
To address these growing challenges “Head-on” provides;-
New options and sponsorships for;
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Emergency services, fire-stations and first-responders;-
1. To successfully manage and address these growing challenges
2. On a professional, personal and community level
To give effect to this “Head-on” has introduced;-
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“First-responder innovation-hubs”
With the objective to:-
1. Reduce the impact, destruction, loss of life and
2. The risk exposure of first-responders, as well as;
3. To provide new options to emergency services to secure funding and the equipment, which they require to meet the growing challenges
Year on year there is a growth in the destruction caused by
wildfires & catastrophes*
*(From wildfires, tornado, hurricanes, floods, tidal water surges, landslides through to earthquakes and human triggered events such as terrorism and industrial disasters)
Destruction that is:-
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Destroying thousands of homes, the lives of people with a growing negative impact on businesses and the economy.
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This negative impact is already exceeding an average of $350 billion dollars annually in the USA.
These negative factors
Directly impact on emergency services and first-responders
The growth in wildfires and catastrophes impacts negatively on emergency services
It increases first-responders’:-
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Health risks
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Stress
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Injuries, fatalities and
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The adverse impact on their personal life, family and
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financially well being
It also directly undermines the;-
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Effectiveness of emergency services,
Including factors such as;-
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Funding
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Equipment
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Management
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Community safety
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Risk mitigation
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Recognition and accountability
There are solutions
1) Research highlighted that in many instance up to 81% of the destruction can be reduced:-
2) And up to 93% of the risks that effect first-responders and emergency services can be managed
3) Furthermore that new funding options can be
made available to invest in:-
- Emergency services and
- the development of first-responders
“Head-on“ assists to reduce;-
- 1) The destruction & lives lost caused by wildfires and catastrophes, by up to;- 81%
- 2) The impact on first-responders from stress, risks, fatalities, and health by up to;- 91%
“Head-on“ assist with the;-
- 1) Empowerment, growth and family life quality of first-responders by up to;- 95%
- 2) New funding options for emergency services, by up to;- 35%
Smart future directed solutions
The research findings highlighted that to counter
the growing challenges, the key factors are:-
1) The experience of first-responders
Which is the foundation of safety and security

2) Innovative methods and equipment
Innovative skills empower first-responders both professionally and personal

3) The effective use of technology
Provides the strength & power to match the challenges

Vision and insight

"First-responder innovation-hubs"
To give effect to the research findings “Head-on” is:-
- Assisting, supporting and securing sponsorships for
- Fire-stations, emergency services and first-responders to:-
- Establish;-
“First-responder innovation-hubs”
“First-responder innovation-hubs“ bring together the three key building blocks that empower first-responders
1. Experience of first-responders
2. Innovative methods and equipment
3. The effective use of technology
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In the process, unlock new power to ensure safer and smart communities

“Head-on” delivers major benefits for emergency services and fire-stations
High impact equipment

For fire-stations and emergency services;-
The benefits include new options to deal with;-
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Budget constrains and
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Funding
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New high impact equipment for fire and wildfires through to recovery tools
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Strong community support
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Risk mitigation participation and input
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Personnel and first-responders development and
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New options to develop a strong volunteer support platform
“Head-on” delivers major benefits for first responders
For first-responders;-
The benefits include;-
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New professional and personal development options and
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Safe and protected work environments
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Improved health protection
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Reduced risks
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Career development including
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New income growth options and development
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And specialist support for volunteer first-responders
Empowered first-responders

It is time that community and emergency service leaders
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build the next generation of professional;
Super smart, empowered first-responders & emergency services
Experience

Innovations

Technology

Empowering and delivering
Insight

Empowerment

Smart equipment

Financial strength
