Firefighter Accountability Tags: Protecting Our Protectors

Firefighter at fire incident

Actor Steve Buscemi of Reservoir Dogs and Con Air fame was a firefighter with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) before he switched gears and went into acting. In his informative and moving documentary, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY, Buscemi says, “I was a New York City firefighter for only about four years back in the 1980s. What I did not realize then is how much the job would stay with me and be a part of my life.”

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Why Firefighter Tags Are Necessary

Firefighters with fire engine

“I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.”

Kurt Vonnegut


Firefighters tend to be the first in and the last out of some of the most dire situations one can imagine. This simple fact, compounded with the intense chaos of a fire scene, makes incident command and firefighter safety an extraordinary challenge, and one that has led to the development of various accountability systems in recent years. Now, to a certain extent, there have been some understandable complaints among firefighters regarding “oversafety” procedures complicating an already complex and high-stress situation on the ground; but make no mistake, this could never be said to apply to firefighter tags.

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