Report highlighting accomplishments and progress now available
The Vision 20/20 Project has released an evaluation report that looks back on eleven years of its activities that include developing Community Risk Reduction resources to support the nation’s fire service, delivering training programs, hosting the bi-annual Symposia on Model Performance in Community Risk Reduction and much more.
Accomplishments and highlights from this report include, among others:
- An overview of the structure of the project and a deeper dive into the role that each of its six strategies play in guiding its direction. These include:
- Strategy 1 Prevention Advocacy
- Strategy 2 Prevention Marketing
- Strategy 3 Prevention Culture
- Strategy 4 Prevention Technology
- Strategy 5 Prevention Codes and Standards
- Strategy 6 Model Measures Initiative
- A summary of the training programs developed and delivered by the project, both online and in-person.
- The project’s outreach efforts through the bi-annual Symposium on Model Performance in Community Risk Reduction that brings together hundreds of community risk reduction professionals from across the nation to share and learn about what works in CRR. The sixth Symposium will be held in February 2018.
- Specific resources developed to help fire departments in delivering CRR in their communities:
- The Vision 20/20 Fire Safety Materials Generator that helps departments create customized marketing materials such as door hangers, flyers, magnets and much more, in English and Spanish
- An app for mobile devices that allows departments to download videos in seven languages that they can use when doing home safety visits to demonstrate the speed of fire, the dangers of cooking and heating fires and the importance of smoke alarms.
- CRR Radio, a podcast, going into its fourth year, that features experts from around the world focusing on innovative CRR programs and ideas.
“During this time, The Vision 20/20 Project has undergone a tremendous amount of growth,” said retiring Project Manager Jim Crawford. “By working together with our Steering Committee, experts, and volunteers from across the nation, we have been able to make significant progress on the original plan since 2007. We appreciate everyone’s contributions that has contributed to our progress, and we look forward to continuing this growth with the leadership of new Project Manager Stephen Hrustich into the years ahead.”
The report, Evaluation of The Vision 20/20 Project, Accomplishments and Impacts 2008 – 2019 can be downloaded from the Project’s website.
