Ch. 11: Triggers, Traps, and Working Within Incident Command Systems Flashcards
What is the element that tips the scale toward making a difference?
The ability to communicate clearly and appeal to the safety sense tat can be sidestepped during working incidents.
The failure to work in harmony with the IC is also a failure in:
firefighter safety.
The basic approach of an ISO to help firefighters work more safely.
Work safe triggers
Basic guidelines for ISOs working alone:
- Always be in sight of another responder.
- Always be within shouting distance of another responder.
- Let somebody know where you are going if you are taking a tour of the incident scene.
- Don’t walk into, or breathe, smoke.
an intervention to make crews, command staff, and general staff aware that a hazard or injury potential exists.
soft intervention
Safety issues requiring intervention can be classified as:
imminent threats or potential concerns.
What is required if a threat is imminent?
Immediate intervention
Often a _______ ________ is all that is needed to prevent an injury.
simple reminder (soft intervention)
What is the use of humor, subtle reminders, information sharing, and “peer-talk” examples of?
soft interventions
What should not be used to stop, alter, or suspend actions or operations?
soft intervention
An intervention to immediately stop, alter, or suspend an action or operation due to an imminent threat.
firm intervention
An activity, condition, or inaction that will most certainly lead to an injury or death.
imminent threat
What should the ISO immediately do anytime a firm intervention is used?
Immediately relay the concern to the incident commander.
Matching the intervention to the degree of concern is essential to achieving buy-in with the person or crew in question.
Matching the intervention to the degree of concern is essential to achieving buy-in with the person or crew in question.
Trigger safe behaviors.
- Visibility
- Example
- Soft intervention
- Firm intervention
ISO “traps” that can wreck the program.
- The Bunker Cop
- The CYA Mode
- The Worker
The ISO who spends too much time looking for missing, damaged, or inappropriate use of personal protective equipment.
The Bunker Cop
The SIO who spends an inordinate amount of time ensuring that they are not held personally accountable for incident scene actions.
The CYA Mode
How can the ISO avoid the CYA label?
Practice “good intent” and “personal concern.”
Which trap approach is the ISO who is constantly citing CFRs, standards, and other numbered requirements as the reasons for bringing up safety concerns?
The CYA Mode
The ISO who pitches in and helps crews with their tasks falls into which trap?
The Worker trap
Who holds the responsibility for the safety of responders in virtually all incident management systems?
The Incident Commander
What key concepts should the ISO embrace to avoid trouble with the IC and to work toward a safe incident scene?
authority, communications, and a solution-driven approach
The assigned ISO must yield to the IC’s authority
Not pursue any argumentative approach to correcting tactics or strategies that the IC has implemented.
The IC-ISO relationship should be dynamic,
just like the progression of the fire or incident.
A vast majority of multifirefighter fatality incidents fault communication failure, most of which fall into one of three categories:
1) not enough communication
2) incomplete or fractured communication
3) a lack of communication prioritization (too much “chatter”)
What are the two primary means of communication typically used by the ISO?
Radio and face-to-face.
What should radio use be limited to for the ISO?
The communication of significant safety messages, hazards, and firm interventions.
While radio communication is often essential, which method is most effective in communicating with the IC and outside crews?
face-to-face