Latest Safety Promotion: Adopt A Hydrant.
Your civic minded organization can do something different and establish an Adopt A Hydrant – Fire Safety Program in your local community.
Still waiiting for snow in many areas….!!
Raising considerable safety awareness (or even donations) to adopt a local hydrant is something that is realistic and definitely hands on! People might even compete to see how fast and how many hydrants they adopt/sponsor – of course they’d also be responsible to make sure they were all cleared out during winter months. The alternative is to let the fire fighters in your area clear all the hydrants every season – in between emergency calls of course!
You don’t actually need snow to sponsor this program as there are communities involving their citizens in tropical climates as well.
Forms and poster templates are here – with more as you need them – just ask. We have some new ICE – Fire Safety Symbols to use for this purpose(one is right here above).
This is something people actually WANT to do…to be involved. The time to announce and kick off this season’s program is here…..right now.
Made in The USA! Yes all ICE Stickers/Cards/Banners are Made in the USA!
Next: We have continued to populate our Twitter Feed - since National Preparedness Month with well over 1200 Preparedness Tips and informative links and notifications. You will have plenty more discussions of these in expanded form on the ICE Blog as well.
Since 2005: ICE4SAFETY recognizes Bob Brotchie from the U.K. as having the most pronounced role on bringing this practice to worldwide attention. Bob actively continues to do so today and in turn supports the efforts being conducted to promote the use of ICE by ICE4SAFETY.
ICE continues to gain considerable utility not only for use in electronic devices, but as a business and community based preparedness tool that is exceptionally easy to promote and simple to use in everyday life. The concept stresses the need for people to take an active role and more responsibility for their own safety by participating in the preparedness process. There are no requirements that anyone subscribe or become a member of any group or submit a fee in order to benefit from using ICE – unlike a host of commercial products on the market. This is also not a government program….and no government bailout funds are sponsoring any of this organized community service.
Simple Fact is people don’t have to purchase anything in order to take advantage of the ICE concept!
Using ICE was endorsed as a safety best practice by the ASSE in September 2005 and a variety of Emergency Physicians/Nurse Groups, Hospitals, Medical Charity Groups and safety professionals since. It has been featured in state, local and county fairs since 2005 as well. Preparedness is the core principle of the ICE concept and tools designed around this idea are actively being uses and promoted in North America as well as in Europe, Asia and African countries. Just a few of the places where ICE is in use are in this slideshow…
These core principles are reflected in the ICE Elements image in the slide show. The various trademarked ICE Images submitted are in use across the United States, Canada, Europe. Asia and Africa. They can/have been modified by the trademark owner to reflect locality, agency-sponsoring organizations as well as business using them to comply with OSHA Safety Regulations as Emergency Action Plan Tools (29CFR1910 & 29CFR1926) or voluntary preparedness plans suggested by DHS. Reflective ICE Placards and ICE Banners can easily be used to identify emergency shelters or coordinate groups in natural and man made disaster situations and can be deployed rapidly at any time in preparation or during such events.
Creative versions of the ICE image have been available at no charge to the public for use as educational tools for teachers or for unique promotional tools such as banners, posters, tool box safety discussions, “best practice” safety discussions, website hyperlinks, brochures, smartphone applications and all aspects of preparedness tool identification and recognition. Adaptations of the image have been used as fund raising tools for non-profits as and can be used to help raise funds for local EMS/Fire organizations.
E.123 International Standard
In 2008 the United Nations ITU Agency promulgated an international standard for the use of ICE in electronic devices designated E.123. Standardizing the programming of electronic devices by utilizing Arabic Numerals to denote primary emergency contacts simplifies the process, reduces errors by user and first responders in an emergency.
US Trademark Office Issues Final Trademark Notice May 10, 2011 for ICE E.123!
Electronic devices are already designed to recognize the non-language dependent system and prioritize emergency contacts automatically thus making E.123 useful worldwide and great for international travelers! Advanced tools have been created as emergency medical applications on smartphones – specifically smart-ICE which has been developed and supported by a professional paramedic and fire fighter.
Bottom Line: ICE4SAFETY will provide practical emergency preparedness information here that people can use in their daily lives as well as information and ideas on longer term subsistence in times of extended crisis. The site changes regularly so be sure to visit often and tell others.