Chapter 2- Safety Concepts

Question 1

Creating a safe operational environment is dependent on 3 components

Answer 1

(the triad) Procedures, equipment, and personnel

Question 2

What is a formal process?

Answer 2

is defined in writing and can take on many forms such as SOPs, SOGs, departmental directives, and temporary memorandums.

Question 3

Procedures

Answer 3

are strict directives that must be followed with little or no flexibility

Question 4

Guidelines

Answer 4

are adaptable templates that allow flexibility in application

Question 5

What is an informal process?

Answer 5

is a process or operation that is part of a departments routine but that is not written.

Question 6

What is training?

Answer 6

is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills.

Question 7

What is education?

Answer 7

is the process of developing one’s analytical ability using principles, concepts, and values.

Question 8

Risk

Answer 8

can simply be defined as the chance of damage, injury, or loss.

Question 9

Risk management

Answer 9

is the process of minimizing the chance, degree, or probability of damage, injury, or loss.

Question 10

What is the 5 step process for risk management?

Answer 10

Identify, evaluate, prioritize, control, and monitor hazards.

Question 11

Mitigation

Answer 11

the overall strategy of hazard control

Question 12

The fire service mitigation hierarchy refers to a preferred order of hazard control strategies

Answer 12

Elimination, reduction, adaption, transfer, and avoidance

Question 13

Countermeasure

Answer 13

an action used to effect hazard mitigation