Fire Department Incident Safety Officer, 3rd Edition
Health and safety officer (HSO)>Ans>>The individual assigned and authorized by the
fire chief as the manager of the health and safety program.
Incident safety offic
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Fire Department Incident Safety Officer, 3rd Edition
Health and safety officer (HSO)>Ans>>The individual assigned and authorized by the
fire chief as the manager of the health and safety program.
Incident safety officer>Ans>>A member of the command staff responsible for the
monitoring and assessing safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing
measures to ensure personnel safety.
National Incident Management System (NIMS)>Ans>>An incident response system
developed by the Department of Homeland Security.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)>Ans>>An incident
response system developed by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)>Ans>>A mental health disorder that can develop
in individuals who have experienced a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or
the threat of harm.
NFPA 1500>Ans>>HSO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1561>Ans>>ISO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1521>Ans>>HSO qualifications
NFPA 1521>Ans>>ISO qualifications for fire department ISO's
NFPA 1026>Ans>>ISO qualifications for NIMS safety officers
firefighter injuries, combined from all activities->Ans>>slowly declining
percentage of FF LODDs due to non-cardiac, on scene causes->Ans>>trending upward
number of injuries on the fire ground>Ans>>declining, but not as fast as the decline in
the number of fires
ISOs responsibilities (MEDIC) M->Ans>>monitoring incident conditions and activities
ISOs responsibilities E->Ans>>evaluating hazards and unsafe conditions
ISOs responsibilities D->Ans>>Developing measures that promote safe incident
handling
ISOs responsibilities I->Ans>>Intervening when an immediate or potential threat existsISOs responsibilities C->Ans>>Communicating urgent and advisory safety messages
that help prevent injuries or deaths
HSO role->Ans>>primarily an administrative or managerial position, the ISO role is an
incident command staff position
Williams-Steiger act of 1970>Ans>>established Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are>Ans>>NFPA 1561 (requirements, duties,
responsibilities) NFPA 1521 (qualifications)
US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually>Ans>>100
Fire service injuries annually, but declining>Ans>>69,000
Assistant safety officer (ASO)>Ans>>A member of the fire department appointed by the
incident commander to assist the ISO in the performance of the ISO functions at the
incident scene.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)>Ans>>OSHA regulations that often outline the
equipment required to accomplish a given process.
Countermeasure>Ans>>An action used to effect hazard mitigation
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