Chapter 1 - The Safety Officer Role

Question 1

The individual assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the health and safety program.

Answer 1

Health and safety officer

Question 2

A member of the command staff responsible for monitoring and assessing safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing measures to ensure personnel safety.

Answer 2

Incident safety officer

Question 3

An incident response system developed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Answer 3

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Question 4

An incident response system developed by the National Wildlife Coordinating Group.

Answer 4

National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)

Question 5

A mental health disorder that can develop in individuals who have experienced a terrifying ordeal that involves physical harm or the threat of harm.

Answer 5

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Question 6

In 1991, the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) developed a class titled ?

Answer 6

“Preparing the Fireground Safety Officer”

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Question 7

• … As part of the class, the FDSOA suggested the division of the safety officer _______ and _____________.

Answer 7

title and responsibilities

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Question 8

• ….. A project team then worked with the National Fire Academy (NFA) to split the safety officer role into two titles: ?

Answer 8

health and safety officer (HSO) and incident safety officer (ISO)

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Question 9

In the mid 1990s, the NFPA task group assigned to update NFPA _____, Fire Department Safety Officer, rewrote the standard to reflect the HSO/ISO division, providing definitions for the roles.

Answer 9

NFPA 1521

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Question 10

• The HSO role is primarily an ______________ or __________ position, and the ISO role is an _________ ___________ _______ position.

Answer 10

administrative or managerial

incident Command staff

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Question 11

• The title of safety officer is most often associated with a fire officer who reports to the incident commander (IC) and is delegated the ?

Answer 11

safety officer tasks at incidents

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Question 12

• The Williams-Steiger Act of 1970 established the ….? and solidified the responsibility of employers to create safe working conditions.

Answer 12

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

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Question 13

• The formalization of the modern fire service safety officer is tied to the works of _________ in Southern California and the “_____ __________ _________” efforts of Alan Brunancini in Phoenix, Arizona.

Answer 13

FIRESCOPE / “Fire Ground Command”

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Question 14

• The NFPA standards that affect and help guide the ISO include NFPA _____ (requirements, duties, and responsibilities) and NFPA _____ (qualifications).

Answer 14

NFPA 1561 / NFPA 1521

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Question 15

• The US fire service still averages more than ____ line of duty deaths (LODDs) annually.

Answer 15

100

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Question 16

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has made reoccurring recommendations that fire departments ensure a separate ____, independent from the ___, be appointed at each structure fire to prevent LODDs.

Answer 16

ISO / IC

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Question 17

• Firefighter injury estimates cite approximately _______ per year and show a gradual decline.

Answer 17

69,000

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Question 18

• The ISO is a ?

Answer 18

“hazard MEDIC”

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Question 19

• The IC is ultimately responsible for the ?

Answer 19

safety of all responders working an incident.

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