Ch. 1 - 2 Flashcards

1
Q

CLR means:

A

Command

Leadership

Resource Management

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2
Q

No matter how much you train a firefighter or how good their equipment is they will still get killed or injured is what theory?

A

Theory of Risk Homeostasis

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3
Q

Exposed for ________ and ______ are the most significant advancements since firefighting began.

A

Higher temperatures

Extended time periods

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3
Q

1st lesson in CRM:

A

It is normal for people to dismiss new information that they don’t understand

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4
Q

Tripod of success consists of:

A
  1. Fire
  2. Plan
  3. People
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5
Q

_______ of responding employees felt that their supervisors don’t listen when they voice safety concerns.

A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 1/5
D. 1/8

A

1/5

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6
Q

small, no injury, and little cost problems are considered what in the Error chain?

A. Fatalities
B. Incident
C. Accident

A

Incident

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7
Q

Some injuries, and more cost are considered what in the Error Chain?

A. Fatalities
B. Incident
C. Accident

A

Accident

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8
Q

Error chain consists of:

A

Incident

Accident

Fatalities

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9
Q

The main goal of fire operations is:

A

Everyone Goes Home Safe

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10
Q

Functional Organizations must have:

A
  1. Technical Proficiency
  2. Employee Responsibilities
  3. Accountability
  4. Discipline
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11
Q

Barriers that will impeded safety culture:

A

Power structures

Organizational Inertia

Budgeting constraints

Fear of change

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12
Q

Biggest barrier to implement safety culture:

A. Fear of change
B. Organizational Inertia
C. Power structures
D. Budgeting constraints

A

Power structures

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13
Q

Dissipation of __________ from the leader of an organization is the biggest impediment to the adoption of safety culture.

A

pure authority

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14
Q

Doing things a certain way with the reason of why it is done is lost but tradition of doing it remains is called what?

A

Organizational Inertia

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15
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5 steps in creating a safety culture

A
  1. Organization builds trust among members
  2. Organization adopts non-punitive policy towards errors
  3. Organization demonstrates willingness to reduce errors
  4. Organization trains in error avoidance, detection, management strategies for crews
  5. Organization trains in evaluating and reinforcing step 4.