B105.3 Incident Safety Officer Responsibilities Flashcards
The Austin Fire Department (AFD) always places firefighter safety as the number one priority on all incident scenes. AFD continues to make improvements in this area:
increasing staffing to comply with 2-in/2-out,
positioning an Outside Team Monitor (OTM), establishing a Backup Team,
assigning a Rapid Intervention Company (RIC), staffing 24-hour Safety Chiefs,
It will be standard practice to assign an ISO at any
working structure fire,
Special Operations rescue
and
hazardous materials incidents
or
incident of special hazard presenting an unusual risk to firefighters and/or the general public
Incident Command Responsibilities
Command will assign an ISO
or
will retain all the responsibilities
&
establish an incident action plan that includes a safety plan
ISO Interventions:
There are two approaches for emergency scene interventions
imminent threats
&
potential threats
an act or condition that is judged to present a danger to persons or property that is so urgent and severe that it requires immediate corrective or preventive action
imminent threats
an activity, condition or inaction that is judged to have the capability, but not the immediacy, to cause harm to persons or property and thus warrants monitoring and/or operational modification
potential threats
Most imminent threats require a ___________ - a direct order to immediately stop, alter, suspend or withdraw personnel, activities and operations due to an imminent threat
firm intervention
Most potential threats can be addressed by __________
soft interventions
A _____________ can be defined as awareness or suggestive communications made to crews or command staff that cause them to modify their observations and activities to prevent injury from a potential threat
soft intervention
The intent of this intervention is to achieve positive safety changes in behaviors, operations, and actions within the framework of the Incident Management System and the Incident Action Plan.
soft intervention/ potential threat
___________ do not necessarily direct or order changes; they merely share observations or offer suggestions to modify activities
Soft interventions
The ISO’s role during the investigation of a Line-of-Duty Death (LODD) or life-threatening injury as part of AFD Critical Events Response Team is
Of primary importance is that the ISO ensures physical evidence at the scene is collected and photographed.
work close with investigators
activate peer support
responsible for authoring and developing the written report
If photography is not readily available, the positions should be noted by
counting the number of turns to close valves and the remaining tank pressure noted.
If photography is not readily available, the positions should be noted by
counting the number of turns to close valves and the remaining tank pressure noted.
