Fire Officer 3rd Edition Chapt 5 Flashcards
Who is responsible for ensuring that every firefighter completes every incident without serious injury disability or death
Fire Officer
What is the fire officer a special obligation to ensure
“” Everyone goes home”
What mystify officer develop that addresses and maximize the chances of harm by identifying a control in the factors that lead to firefighters injury or death
incident action plan (IAP)
How many safety initiatives Thursday everyone goes home program that was developed by the national fallen firefighters foundation have
16
What is the goal of firefightersnearmiss.com
Track incident that void it serious injury or death, to it if I trans, then share the information with that if I have fighters in a confidential and nonpunitive way
How to tax account for what percentage of line of duty death between 2007 and 2011
41%
A disproportionate number of firefighters older than(what age) die from cardiac arrest while on duty
49
What accounts for the highest percentage of traumatic injuries Dess for firefighters
MVC motor vehicle accidents
More than 3/4 of the fatalities in a MVC were caused by
Not wearing a seatbelt
What are prime factors or a direct cause of death while firefighters operating and burning buildings
Asphyxia and burns
Who monitors the scene identifies and report has her to the incident commander, and takes immediate steps to stop and safe actions and ensures that the department safety policies are follow
Incident safety officer
Every fire officer should be trying to perform the basic duties of ( answer) and prepare to act temporarily in the capacity if he or she is a sign to fill the position by incident commander
Safety officer
What can a safety officer be responsible for
Set about responsibilities the different areas in functions at the incident as a high-rise fires, hazardous material Internet, and special rescue operations
What incidents require more than one safety officer
Hi rise fires, hazardous material incidents, special rescue operation
Part of a safety officer role is?
Monitoring the rehab process including medical evaluation, treatment, monitoring, fluid and food replenishment, mental rest, relief from the climate conditions
A safety program based on preventing what is far more adequate
Preventing fatalities
Every injury, or near miss, should be viewed as potentially?
Fatal our disability situation in the prevention shit be in equally important concern of the fire officer
Principles that should be implemented to prevent injuries and deaths include
Physical fitness and consistent use PPE
Safety hazards where? Has the same consequences as hazards in countered at an emergency scene?
Fire station
But at the station if I department has more control over the environment. The fire department has a responsibility to identify and safety problems
The fire department HEALTH AND SATETY OFFICER ensures all injuries, illnesses, exposures, fatalities, and other potential hazard conditions involving all the following
Fire department vehicles, fire apparatus, equipment, fire department facilities at thoroughly investigated
NFPA 1581
Infectious control program
What is the first step in any infectious disease exposure
White exposed. Immediately and thoroughly with soap and water
If soap and running water is not available what else can we use for an exposure
Waterless soap, anti-septic lights, alcohol, or other cleaning agents can be used until soap and water are obtained
Who is responsible for conducting an INITIAL investigation and for fully investigating mini minor incidents
Fire officer
Who provide a post incident analysis for the fire department in the form of a written report that includes pertinent information relating to safety and health issues involved in the incident
Safety officer
Over the past 30 years what percentage of deaths have declined
30%
From 151 in 1970
To
99 in 2000s
What does the relatively high heart attack rate among firefighters reflect
Nature of the work, which can suddenly change from low activity to an episode of high stress and intense exertion
What is the second leading cause a fire fighter fatalities
Traffic accidents
Most traumatic injuries and deaths are caused by work?
Vehicle accidents, falls, our structural collapse of a burning building
What is the third most frequent category firefighter fatalities deaths?
Asphyxiation and burns
US Navy’s HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS and CLASSIFICATION Identifies four categories of risk
level 1- unsafe act
Level 2 - precondition
Level 3 - unsafe supervision
Level 4 - Organizational influences
Because of federal state and local regulations the fire department is required to maintain records of
Accidents, occupational deaths, injuries, illnesses, and exposures
What is the real value in a post incident analysis
Learning process that results from the information obtained during the evaluation
What are the four rolls and providing a safe environment for the fire company and ensuring that everyone goes home
Identifying unsafe and hazard conditions
Mitigating or reduce many problems as possible
Train and prepare for the remaining has it
Model safe behavior
An unplanned event the interrupts an activity and some time causes injury or damage, a chance occurrence arising from an unknown calls, and unexpected happening due to carelessness ignorance
Accident
Any arrangement of materials in heat source that presents the potential for harm such as personal injury or admission combustibles
Hazard
Any condition that would do one of the following
- Pose an immediate are delayed threat to life
- Cause irreversible adverse health effects
- Interfere with an individual‘s ability to escape an unaided from a hazardous environment
IDLH
A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel in the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations also referred to as in incident management system
ICS Incident command system
The objectives reflecting the overall Internet strategy, tactics, risk management, and member safety that are developed by the incident commander.
Incident action plan
The strategies and tactics developed by the Incident safety officer based on the incident commander’s incident action plan and the type of incident encountered?
Incident safety plan
The tactical level of management unit to provide for medical evaluation, treatment, monitoring, Floyd infield replenishment, mental rest, and a relief from climate conditions of an incident
Incident scene rehabilitation
A term used in a written incident action plan identifying a period of time during a long-term incident that specific incident action plan covers. For federally funded incident the operation. It’s 12 hours, local and say it may use operational periods of eight hours
Operational period
Federal occupation of. Is how many hours
12 hours
Local operation period Is how many hours
8 hours
A method of tracking the identity, assignment, and location of firefighters operating at an accident
Personnel accountability system
A written document resulting from the gathering of general and detail data to be used by responding personnel for determining the resources and actions necessary to mitigate anticipating emergencies at a specific location
Pre-incident plan
A detail crew at four firefighters who are assigned for rapid deployment to rescue lost or Trapped firefighters
RIC
How many required for RIC
4
A decision made by a responder based on the hazard and situation assessment that weighs the risk likely to be taken against the benefits to be gained from taking those risk
Risk benefit analysis
Identification and analysis of exposure to hazards, selection of appropriate risk management techniques to handle exposures, implementation of chosen techniques and monitoring a results, with respect to the death and safety members
Risk management
A member or members assigned to assess the incident safety officer the tactic level management unit that can be composed of the incident safety officer alone or with additional assistance safety officers aside to assist in providing the level of safety supervision appropriate for the magnitude of the incident or associate has it
Safety unit
What other profession like firefighters have a high rate of heart attacks
Security guards
25%
Went to professions are a lower risk of heart attack and firefighters
Police officer (low intensity high stress)
construction workers(perform strenuous labor)
15%
In 2011 what percentage of firefighters died from over exhaustion and stress or medical problems
25%
HFACS
Level III and safe supervision( examine the role of supervisors)
What are the four categories
In adequate supervision, how long inappropriate operations, value to correct known problems, supervisor violations
HFACS 4
Is the most difficult level to analyze
Examines resource management and organizational climate
HFACS
What are the two categories
Errors - And intentional and can be based on decisions based errors (Communication to decision-makers), skills (attention memory, technique) and perceptions(visual).
Violations (INTENTIONAL)-
Routine -Failure to you safety equipment, follow recommend it tactical-based practice (sounding the floor), failure to follow recommend it to remove best practices( risk benefit analysis)
RIC
NFPA 1710
NFPA 1720
Emergency medical operations in special operations to the public by career firefighter department
A slogan that should be a constant reminder of safety during emergency incident is
Everyone goes home
NFPA 1583
Health related fitness
The risk of heart attack is close to related to age and
Physical fitness
The IAFF and association of fire chiefs got together to develop…. for physical fitness
Firefighters physical applitude test and peer fitness
Stopping distance is related to what?
Work
Federal workplace safety regulations in the United States hi Stabley Sh t by the
OSHA
IDLH -1680 Standards on operations in training for technical search and rescue
When Operating in a DLH environment what water follow
Two in two out
two in and two out must have
Officer in charge
To firefighters any IDLH area must remain visual our boys contact with each other at all times while wearing SBA
The length of time and SBA provides a safe and reliable air supply depends on what
USER
The minimum size of interior work team
2
Must have SCBA and PASS device
At least one member should have a radio
The incident management system is used by the incident commander to assist in
Assigning resources (managing resources) Strategy and tactics
Who besides the incident commander has the authority to immediately suspend activities during an imminent hazardous situation
Safety officer
(What) depends on the ability to hold the concede of events that leads to a serious injury or death
Prevention
What are the most frequently Freeport it type of injuries
Strain, sprain, muscular pain (50.7%
Wound cut bleeding bruise (14.5)
Thermal stress (6.9)
Burns (6.2)
Fire officers must be prepared for
(What) conditions
What (hazards)
Changing conditions
Unanticipated hazards
What is the third most frequent category of firefighter fatalities which includes if asphyxiation and burns
Caught and trapped
What is the second leading cause a fire fighter deaths
Trauma
In 2011 what was leading leading cause of firefighter fatalities
Heart attacks
Most of the traumatic injuries leading to fire fighter fatalities are caused by
Vehicle accidents (19% deaths)
Also false structural collapse a burning buildings
Who is on the front line and showing compliance with our safety policies
Fire officer
Medical examinations and physical fitness programs are the most significant factors in preventing
Heart attack under stressful situations
