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Chapter 7: Health and Safety Issues Flashcards

1
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What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities?

A

Cardiac arrest

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2
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What is an effective way to reduce cardiac arrest and other medical issue?

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Implementation of health and wellness program

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3
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Analyzing exposure to hazards, implementing appropriate risk management techniques, and
monitoring there results = ______

A

Risk Management

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4
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The maximization of health and safety in the fire and emergency services is directly related to policies and procedures designed to __________

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Reduce risk

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The overall risk management plan should have how many distinct sections?

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3

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What are the three distinct sections of the overall risk management plan?

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Community risk assessment
Organizational risk management plan
Operational risk management process

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Which section of the overall risk management plan evaluates risks and hazards that can affect the organization and provides control measures to reduce the frequency, severity, and probability of a negative event from occurring: Community risk assessment, organizational risk management plan, or operational risk management process?

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Organizational risk management plan

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What are the five components of an organizational risk management plan?

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Risk identification	
	Risk evaluation
	Risk prioritization
	Risk control techniques
	Risk monitoring
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What component of the organizational risk management plan are risked evaluated on their probability and potential for negative consequences, including the anticipated severity and frequency of occurrence?

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Risk evaluation

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What component of the organizational risk management plan are risks identified in the community, within the organization, and within the operational setting at emergency and non-emergency incidents?

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Risk identification

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What component of the organizational risk management plan is there a ranking of the identified risks that will be based on the degree of severity and frequency?

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Risk prioritization or establishment of priorities for action

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What component of the organizational risk management plan will control measures be identified for each significant risk?

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Risk control techniques

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What component of the organizational risk management plan will monitor the risk control measures in an ongoing process and make recommendations for plan revision will be based on the monitoring process?

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Risk management monitoring

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The maximization of health and safety in the fire and emergency services is directly related to policies and procedures designed to _________

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Reduce risk

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The operation risk management contains a five step process that maintains a continuous loop in order to evaluate the most current risks, the five step process is?

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Situational awareness
	Hazard assessment
	Hazard control
	Decision point
	Evaluate
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Which step of the operational risk management process considers communications plan, weather factors and previous incident behavior?

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Situational awareness

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Which step of the operational risk management process identifies hazard, consider severity and future impact?

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Hazard assessment

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Which step of the operational risk management process contains, isolates and eliminates?

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Hazard control

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Which step of the operational risk management process determines if appropriate resources are available, if assignments have been made and understood, and if tactics are appropriate?

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Decision point

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Which step of the operational risk management process determines if the risk management plan is working, what is changing, and if personnel are able to complete assignments?

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Evaluate

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21
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Fire and EMS personnel frequently incur injuries while providing emergency services. The leading injuries among these responders are ______ and ________

A

Sprains and strains

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The majority of injuries occurred during _________ and __________ activities

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Fire attack

Search and Rescue

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23
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What organizations in the US are good sources for current, injury and fatality information?

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Bureau ofLabor Statistics (BLS)
US Fire Administration (USFA)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

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24
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During normal fire conditions, the maximum survival time for civilians is ___ minutes

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10 minutes

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25
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The majority of firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODD) occurs within the first ___ minutes after arriving on scene

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12 minutes

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26
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The combination of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide commonly found at structural fires is toxic at ___ ppm

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135 ppm

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27
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The combination of _______ and ________ are commonly found at structural fires is toxic at 135 ppm

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Carbon monoxide (CO)
	Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
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28
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________ casualties include any fatalities or injuries that occurred while performing administrative duties, training, code enforcement and inspections, maintenance, or other non-incident related situations

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Nonemergency casualties

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29
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Who sponsors the Fire/EMS Safety, Health, and Survival week?

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IAFC and IAFF

30
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What safety initiative is a blueprint to reducing firefighter deaths and injuries?

A

Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives

31
Q

What group was originally an e-mail group, this website produces an independent newsletter that shares information about “close call” incidents that resulted in firefighter injuries and fatalities?

A

FirefighterCloseCalls.com

32
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What group is designed to improve the safety, quality and consistent delivery of EMS services?

A

EVENT (EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool)

33
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What does EVENT stand for?

A 
Ems
	Voluntary
	Event
	Notification
	Tool
34
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What foundation is a not for profit think tank, consortium group with a mission to promote an EMS safety innovation, collaboration, research, knowledge transfer, education, and safety information dissemination?

A

EMS Safety Foundation

35
Q

IAFC Rules of Engagement for Firefighter Survival provides how many rules that provide guidance to individual firefighters regarding risk and safety issues when operation on the foreground?

A

11 rules

36
Q

IAFC’s Incident Commanders Rules of Engagement for Firefighter Safety provides how many rules for guidance to incident commanders regarding risk and safety issues when operating on the foreground?

A

11 rules

37
Q

The National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting system is a cooperative effort between what organizations?

A

IAFC and IAFF

38
Q

The National Volunteer Fire Council’s (NVFC) Rules of Engagement for Firefighter Health provides how many rules to encourage firefighters to pursue healthier lifestyles?

A

10 rules

39
Q

NFPA 1500 = ?

A

Occupational Health and Safety program

40
Q

NFPA 1521 = ?

A

Fire department safety officer

41
Q

NFPA 1561 = ?

A

Emergency Services Incident Management System

42
Q

NFPA 1581 = ?

A

Fire Department Infection Control Program

43
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NFPA 1582 = ?

A

Comprehensive occupational medical program for fire departments

44
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NFPA 1584 = ?

A

Rehabilitation process for members during emergency operations and training
exercises

45
Q

NFPA 1852 = ?

A

Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

46
Q

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 = ?

A

Respiratory Protection

47
Q

The firefighter life safety summit was held in what city in 2004?

A

Tampa, Florida

48
Q

The firefighter life safety summit held in Tampa, FL produced 16 firefighter life safety initiatives, what month and year was this created?

A

March 2004

49
Q

Who holds the ultimate responsibly of providing a safe workplace?

A

Organization’s management

50
Q

It is the responsibility of who to implement policies and procedures and report the needs for any maintenance or the replacement of unsafe equipment?

A

Company Officer

51
Q

The workplace can generally be divided into ______ scene, ________, and _________

A

Emergency scene
Enroute to and from emergency scene
Facilities

52
Q

_______ or _________ are responsible for many injuries and fatalities while personnel are en route to and from the incident

A

Unsafe acts or conditions

53
Q

What are four examples of fire and emergency services workplaces?

A

Fire station
Training site
Emergency response
Emergency scene

54
Q

Unsafe acts are: internal or external factors?

A

Internal

55
Q

Unsafe conditions are: internal or external factors?

A

External

56
Q

________ or ________ are responsible for reporting he need for repairs and ensuring that they are completed and for the safe operation and maintenance of their facilities

A

Company officers or building managers

57
Q

Who is responsible for providing subordinates with information on the organizations’s health and safety program?

A

Company officer

58
Q

________ is the best way to ensure that responders do not perform unsafe acts during an incident?

A

Training

59
Q

What are the most common cause of firefighter fatalities?

A

Cardiac arrests

60
Q

The organizations health and safety program should include information on what four subjects?

A

Emergency/Nonemergency safety practices
Overall wellness and fitness
Inspections
Accident investigations

61
Q

Wellness can be addressed through ______, _______, and ________

A

Education
Fitness
Nutrition

62
Q

What type of inspections are meant to ensure the integrity of equipment, vehicles, facilities, and personnel qualifications?

A

Safety related inspections

63
Q

Proper integrity works with ________ to ensure safety becomes the end product?

A

Risk analysis

64
Q

Allowing firefighters or rescuers to rest, rehydrate, and recover during an incident, also refers to a station at an incident where personnel can rest, rehydrate, and recover = _________

A

Rehabilitation

65
Q

If an organization does not have a rehab procedure, what NFPA standard should be used as a guide when developing a departmental policy and procedures for rehabilitation?

A

NFPA 1584

66
Q

An accident investigation or investigation should provide what information?

A

General info
Employee characteristics
Environmental information
Apparatus/equipment information

67
Q

A _______ description of the incident is the final portion of the investigation report

A

Narrative

68
Q

When a unit member experiences a job-related injury, illness, or exposure, what is the company officer’s first duty?

A

Ensure prompt medical treatment for the individual

69
Q

Investigations of job-related injuries, illnesses, or exposures generally include gathering the same information needed for ______ investigations

A

Accident

70
Q

_______ is a key element of safety programs in the fire and emergency services

A

Risk management

71
Q

Implementing a holistic physical fitness and wellness program for employe must become an organizational reality. The wellness component should include:

A

Nutrition
Back care
Heart and lung disease awareness
Stress-reduction counseling

72
Q

Company officers must make ______ and ______ their primary concern for their subordinates

A

Health and Safety

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