Chapter 16 - Reading Risk

Question 1

Recognition-primed Decision Making (RPD)

Answer 1

A mental model that suggests that many quick decisions are made using mental templates from previous experiences that fit the images that you are currently witnessing

Question 2

Situational Awareness

Answer 2

The degree of accuracy to which one’s perception of his or her current environment mirrors reality

Question 3

Valued Property

Answer 3

Physical property whose loss will cause harm to the community

Question 4

Vicarious Learning

Answer 4

The process of observing others to develop knowledge, skill, or experience base

Question 5

NFPA 1561

Answer 5

Requires that the safety officer be the designated risk manager for an incident and that he or she will determine whether the operation falls within the criteria of acceptable risk-taking

Question 6

Concept

Answer 6

Dangerous and Risky have different meanings. Conditions are dangerous, the act of firefighting is risky

Question 7

Risk Management Principles

Answer 7

Risk a life to save a known life
Perform in a predictable, practiced manner to save valued property
Take no risk to save what’s lost
Default to defensive tactics when conditions deteriorate quickly

Question 8

Factors that reduce situational awareness

Answer 8

Insufficient Communication, fatigue, stress, task overload or under-load, group mindset and biases, rapidly degrading operating conditions

Question 9

Three step ISO read-risk model

Answer 9

1. Collect incident SA cues and clues
2. Analyze the SA (define threats, judge survivable spaces, rate of change, what is being saved)
3. Judge the risk-taking (acceptable or unacceptable)