WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.405 >> THOUSANDS OF FIRE FIETDERS DESCENDED UPON DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS THIS WEEK FOR THE MASSIVE ANNUAL FDIC 2 00:00:05.405 --> 00:00:12.679 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. A BLOOMINGTON COMPANY IS HOPEFUL ITS NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP MORE OF THEM TRACK A DANGEROUS 3 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:17.450 JOB HAZARD. BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA HAS DETAILS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GERRY. 4 00:00:17.450 --> 00:00:24.190 LARGE NATIONAL STUDIES HAVE CONFIRMED FIREFIGHTERS FACE A HIGHER CANCER RISK. IN A STUDY RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA 5 00:00:24.190 --> 00:00:32.332 SHOWED THAT MALIGNANT CANCERS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR HOOSIER FIREFIGHTERS. THEY OFFER TRAINING AND 6 00:00:32.332 --> 00:00:38.071 COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LAST YEAR IT ACQUIRED A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE CALLED 7 00:00:38.071 --> 00:00:45.478 EXPOSURETRACKER. THE SOFTWARE NOW CELEBRATING ONE YEAR HELPS FIREFIGHTERS TRACK THEIR EXPOSURE TO CARCINOGEN ON 8 00:00:45.478 --> 00:00:56.623 THEIR SMARTPHONE OR ANY WEB CONNECTED DEVICE. THEY'RE JOINING ME TO TELL US MORE. 9 00:00:56.623 --> 00:01:01.394 THANKS FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. CLIVE, YOU HAVE A VERY INTERESTING STORY. YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER, AND YOUR 10 00:01:01.394 --> 00:01:06.566 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE REALLY OPENED THE DOOR TO CREATING A SOFTWARE. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? 11 00:01:06.566 --> 00:01:12.405 >> YES, I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT ABOUT FOLLOWING BEST 12 00:01:12.405 --> 00:01:19.712 PRACTICES, WEARING MY GEAR, MY BREATHING APPARATUS, JUST OVER MY CAREER I STARTED GETTING EXPOS ESSENTIALLY THAT ENDED UP 13 00:01:19.712 --> 00:01:24.417 HAVING EFFECTS ON MY LUNGS AND THE ABILITY TO BREATHE AROUND SMOKE, JUST KIND OF REALLY CURTAILED MY ABILITY TO BE IN 14 00:01:24.417 --> 00:01:33.593 THE FIELD. OVER MY CAREER, IT WASN'T A REALLY GOOD PLATFORM ON BEING ABLE TO TRACK MY EXPOSURE, ON A 15 00:01:33.593 --> 00:01:44.370 NOTE PAD IN A FILE IN MY GARAGE, SO THAT CAME THE CONCEPT OF EXPOSURE SOFTWARE. >> NOW YOU HAVE THIS GREAT TOOL 16 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:50.109 FOR OTHER FIREFIGHTERS TO USE, IT'S FREE TO USE, HAD A BOOTH AT THE FDIC THIS WEEK, GETTING THE WORD OUT. 17 00:01:50.109 --> 00:02:00.053 TELL US EXACTLY, KIM, WHAT IS THE SOFTWARE, WHAT CAN DO FOR FIREFIGHT ARES? >> 18 00:02:00.053 --> 00:02:04.390 FIREFIGHTERS? >> EXPOSURE TRACKING IS ONE PART OF THE WEBSITE. SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY THING THAT 19 00:02:04.390 --> 00:02:10.463 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT FDIC, IS PROVIDING THIS FREE TOOL TO THE FIRE SERVICE BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS ON 20 00:02:10.463 --> 00:02:15.401 THE SITE THAT CAN HELP WITH FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELLNESS. ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES IS THAT 21 00:02:15.401 --> 00:02:22.475 THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ON FIRST FORWARD, SO NOT ONLY CAN FIREFIGHTERS TRACK THEIR EXPOSURES AND WHAT 22 00:02:22.475 --> 00:02:29.749 THEY RESPOND TO BUT THEY CAN ALSO THEN GO TAKE IMPORTANT TRAINING TO HELP THEM LEARN THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND BE AS 23 00:02:29.749 --> 00:02:34.020 CAREFUL AS THEY CAN IN THE FIELD. >> IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE EXPOSED TO MORE 24 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:41.160 CARCINOGENS, BUT WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE SO DILIGENT ABOUT DOCUMENTING IT? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND 25 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:48.401 IMSIMILAR TO WHY WE WOULD GO HAVE ANN DELANEY YOU'LL HAVE AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL WITH OUR DOCTOR. 26 00:02:48.401 --> 00:02:53.206 EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL FINE T CREATES THAT LEVEL OF AWARENESS SO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US. 27 00:02:53.206 --> 00:02:57.977 EXPOSURE TRACKING THROUGH FIRST FORWARD GIVES FIREFIGHTERS THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF AWARENESS ON HOW MANY FIRES 28 00:02:57.977 --> 00:03:04.417 THEY'RE GOING TO AND WHAT KIND OF SYMPTOMS THEY MIGHT BE HAVING THAT MIGHT BE PROGRESSIVE, MIGHT BE A COUGH THAT GETS WORSE AND 29 00:03:04.417 --> 00:03:09.656 WORSE SO OUR SOFTWARE GIVES THEM THAT ABILITY TO CREATE AWARENESS TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> SO YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE 30 00:03:09.656 --> 00:03:15.428 INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF DATA BUT WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE GOAL, WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL WITH THIS SOFTWARE? 31 00:03:15.428 --> 00:03:24.571 >> SO ULTIMATELY THE SOFTWARE ISN'T GOING TO CURE CANCER IN A FIREFIGHTER. THE TOOL PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO 32 00:03:24.571 --> 00:03:33.913 HAVE THE AWARENESS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CREATE -- CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR. SO THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER, THIS 33 00:03:33.913 --> 00:03:41.387 TOOL CAN MAKE THEM MORE PROACTIVE WEARING THEIR PPE, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, IT WILL BE MORE HELPFUL WITH 34 00:03:41.387 --> 00:03:46.259 THEM AS FAR AS HOW THEY SEE THEIR PHYSICIAN WHEN THEY HAVE A SYMPTOM, SO THE SOFTWARE ITSELF IS GOING TO BE THE TOOL TO 35 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:54.267 CREATE AWARENESS SO THEY'RE MORE PROACTIVE VERSUS BEING REACTIVE ONCE THEY COME DOWN WITH SOME SORT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS. 36 00:03:54.267 --> 00:03:59.439 >> CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR LIKE YOU MENTIONED. KIM, YOU'RE A SOFTWARE COMPANY AT HEART BUT YOUR COMPANY HAS A 37 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:04.143 UNIQUE APPROACH AND THAT'S PLAYED OUT IN THIS -- HOW YOU APPROACH FIREFIGHTERS IN THIS WAY. 38 00:04:04.143 --> 00:04:10.216 >> YEAH, SO WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING, AND SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME 39 00:04:10.216 --> 00:04:15.989 TALKING WITH FIREFIGHTERS AND LEARNING WHAT THE TOOLS ARE THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY 40 00:04:15.989 --> 00:04:21.327 AND DO THEIR JOBS BETTER AND FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY GO ON THE SEEB, THEY'VE SCENE, 41 00:04:21.327 --> 00:04:28.234 THEY'VE GOT ALL THE TOOLS IN PLACE THEY NEED TO BE SAFE. SO THAT'S WHY WE WITH HAVE HAVEG LIKE THE TRAINING AND THINGS TO 42 00:04:28.234 --> 00:04:34.207 PAIR WITH THE EXPOSURE TRAINING. SPEAKING WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR SOFTWARE, IT'S NOT A 43 00:04:34.207 --> 00:04:38.511 STAGNANT SYSTEM. WE WANT TO KEEP PROVIDING THEM WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED AND THEY'RE THE BEST ONES TO 44 00:04:38.511 --> 00:04:43.816 INFORM US AND SO WE DO TAKE A PRETTY UNIQUE APPROACH IN TERMS OF PARTNERS WITH THEM AND GAINING THOSE INSIGHTS SO THAT 45 00:04:43.816 --> 00:04:47.053 WE ARE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE POPULATION THAT WE INTEND TO SERVE. >> ALL RIGHT. 46 00:04:47.053 --> 00:04:51.924 KIM AND CLIVE, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE, REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL AND HOPEFULLY GET THE WORD OUT AND MORE FIREFIGHTERS CAN 47 00:04:51.924 --> 00:04:53.926 START TRACKING. >> THANKS.