With hundreds of public safety personnel falling in the line of duty each year, it is astonishing the number of departments and agencies that are unprepared to deal with such a tragedy. Besides the importance of a well organized and honorable funeral, departments often fall to consider the importance of receiving survivor benefits, a proper death notification, and support to surviving family members.

The Elmhurst Fire Department Training Academy has created a 16 hour course exclusively designed to prepare law enforcement and fire service agencies for a line of duty, non-line of duty, and retiree death. Taught in a logistic based, classroom setting, students are exposed to the aspects involved with the loss of a comrade.

Besides providing the necessary information to create an efficient operating procedure, this course also allows students to communicate with critical individuals, such as Funeral Home Directors, Clergy, and surviving family members. With these opportunities, students also develop a personal awareness of the importance of being prepared.

So whether your department has suffered a loss, wants to refine a current operating procedure, or ready to break through the old adage that "it can't happen here", Organizing Tragedy is a must.

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