Chapter 17 Fire Officer II Flashcards
What is the first priority when dealing with any injury, job-related illness, or exposure?
Providing medical assistance
Absentmindedness, excitability, and inconsideration are examples of which type of human factor that contributes to accidents?
An improper attitude
An accident report analysis must be:
Objective and impartial
The process of measuring risks in terms of frequency and severity is known as:
Risk evaluation
Which of the following BEST describes what a company officer should do once the report analysis is complete and any problems have been identified?
Identify a solution
A company officer is BEST described as being responsible for the safety of:
All personnel assigned to the unit
Which of the following BEST describes an opportunity that health and safety reports will provide an organization?
Prevent future accidents, injuries, illnesses, and exposures
According to NFPA 1500, accident investigations should not be limited only to accidents, but should also include:
Illnesses
The company officer compiles a list of all organizational emergency and nonemergency operations and duties during the process of:
Risk identification
Which of the following BEST describes what should be included in an organizations accident investigation policy and procedure
The definition of an accident
The primary difference between an accident report analysis and an injury, illness, and exposure report analysis is:
The length of time between the accident and the investigation
When should an HSO apply concepts of risk management?
In each task
A condition, substance, or device that can directly cause injury or loss the source of a risk is?
Hazard
Likelihood of suffering harm from a hazard, estimated effect that a hazard would have on people, property or community?
Risk
Which of the following BEST describes a potential source of information for identifying risk in personal risk analysis?
National averages
The point of analyzing accident reports is to glean useful information from the report in order to:
Determine the root cause
The analysis of an accident report is MOST likely to indicate the need for:
More training
According to NFPA 1500, the fire and emergency services organization should adopt:
A risk management plan
Risk avoidance, risk transfer, and control measures are all examples of:
Risk control techniques
When revising a risk management plan, officers should focus on:
Only risks that require revisions
If an accident report analysis determines that circumstances at an emergency incident were beyond those anticipated in the SOP’s those procedures:
May prove inadequate
The _____ of a risk management plan involves comparing desired results to actual results
Evaluation
An accident investigation will MOST likely have to start several years after an incident involving:
Hazardous chemicals
Which of the following BEST describes the concept of severity in risk evaluation?
Seriousness of the incident
Which of the following BEST describes basic information that the company officer should collect during an accident investigation?
Employee characteristics
Which of the following is MOST likely to be the result of unsafe acts and/or conditions in the workplace?
Workplace accidents
Failure to recognize potential hazards is an example of:
A lack of knowledge or skill
Which of the following BEST describes when it might be appropriate to enroll an employee in a medical surveillance program?
When it is likely that an exposure will not produce symptoms
What type of reports are company officers responsible for reviewing and analyzing in health and safety investigations?
Injury reports
Company officers should not hesitate to recommend a wellness program as a solution when:
Stress is the root cause
When conducting a workplace accident investigation, the company officer should interview which of the following?
All participants and witnesses
Safety research has shown that accidents:
Are not uniformly distributed throughout the workforce
At a minimum, a risk management plan should include risk:
Prioritization
Unplanned and uncontrolled - but usually avoidable - events resulting from unsafe acts and/or occupational conditions are known as:
Accidents
