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Fire Officer 3rd Edition Chapt 5 Flashcards

1
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Who is responsible for ensuring that every firefighter completes every incident without serious injury disability or death

A

Fire Officer

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What is the fire officer a special obligation to ensure

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“” Everyone goes home”

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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

A

incident action plan (IAP)

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How many safety initiatives Thursday everyone goes home program that was developed by the national fallen firefighters foundation have

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16

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What is the goal of firefightersnearmiss.com

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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

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How to tax account for what percentage of line of duty death between 2007 and 2011

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41%

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A disproportionate number of firefighters older than(what age) die from cardiac arrest while on duty

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49

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What accounts for the highest percentage of traumatic injuries Dess for firefighters

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MVC motor vehicle accidents

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More than 3/4 of the fatalities in a MVC were caused by

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Not wearing a seatbelt

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What are prime factors or a direct cause of death while firefighters operating and burning buildings

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Asphyxia and burns

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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

A

Incident safety officer

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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

A

Safety officer

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What can a safety officer be responsible for

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Set about responsibilities the different areas in functions at the incident as a high-rise fires, hazardous material Internet, and special rescue operations

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What incidents require more than one safety officer

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Hi rise fires, hazardous material incidents, special rescue operation

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Part of a safety officer role is?

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Monitoring the rehab process including medical evaluation, treatment, monitoring, fluid and food replenishment, mental rest, relief from the climate conditions

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16
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A safety program based on preventing what is far more adequate

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Preventing fatalities

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17
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Every injury, or near miss, should be viewed as potentially?

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Fatal our disability situation in the prevention shit be in equally important concern of the fire officer

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Principles that should be implemented to prevent injuries and deaths include

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Physical fitness and consistent use PPE

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Safety hazards where? Has the same consequences as hazards in countered at an emergency scene?

A

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

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The fire department HEALTH AND SATETY OFFICER ensures all injuries, illnesses, exposures, fatalities, and other potential hazard conditions involving all the following

A

Fire department vehicles, fire apparatus, equipment, fire department facilities at thoroughly investigated

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21
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NFPA 1581

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Infectious control program

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22
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What is the first step in any infectious disease exposure

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White exposed. Immediately and thoroughly with soap and water

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If soap and running water is not available what else can we use for an exposure

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Waterless soap, anti-septic lights, alcohol, or other cleaning agents can be used until soap and water are obtained

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Who is responsible for conducting an INITIAL investigation and for fully investigating mini minor incidents

A

Fire officer

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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

A

Safety officer

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26
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Over the past 30 years what percentage of deaths have declined

A

30%

From 151 in 1970
To
99 in 2000s

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27
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What does the relatively high heart attack rate among firefighters reflect

A

Nature of the work, which can suddenly change from low activity to an episode of high stress and intense exertion

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28
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What is the second leading cause a fire fighter fatalities

A

Traffic accidents

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29
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Most traumatic injuries and deaths are caused by work?

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Vehicle accidents, falls, our structural collapse of a burning building

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What is the third most frequent category firefighter fatalities deaths?

A

Asphyxiation and burns

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US Navy’s HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS and CLASSIFICATION Identifies four categories of risk

A

level 1- unsafe act

Level 2 - precondition

Level 3 - unsafe supervision

Level 4 - Organizational influences

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32
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Because of federal state and local regulations the fire department is required to maintain records of

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Accidents, occupational deaths, injuries, illnesses, and exposures

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33
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What is the real value in a post incident analysis

A

Learning process that results from the information obtained during the evaluation

34
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What are the four rolls and providing a safe environment for the fire company and ensuring that everyone goes home

A

Identifying unsafe and hazard conditions

Mitigating or reduce many problems as possible

Train and prepare for the remaining has it

Model safe behavior

35
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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

A

Accident

36
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Any arrangement of materials in heat source that presents the potential for harm such as personal injury or admission combustibles

A

Hazard

37
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Any condition that would do one of the following

  1. Pose an immediate are delayed threat to life
  2. Cause irreversible adverse health effects
  3. Interfere with an individual‘s ability to escape an unaided from a hazardous environment
A

IDLH

38
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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

A

ICS Incident command system

39
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The objectives reflecting the overall Internet strategy, tactics, risk management, and member safety that are developed by the incident commander.

A

Incident action plan

40
Q

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?

A

Incident safety plan

41
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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

A

Incident scene rehabilitation

42
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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

A

Operational period

43
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Federal occupation of. Is how many hours

A

12 hours

44
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Local operation period Is how many hours

A

8 hours

45
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A method of tracking the identity, assignment, and location of firefighters operating at an accident

A

Personnel accountability system

46
Q

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

A

Pre-incident plan

47
Q

A detail crew at four firefighters who are assigned for rapid deployment to rescue lost or Trapped firefighters

A

RIC

48
Q

How many required for RIC

A

4

49
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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

A

Risk benefit analysis

50
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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

A

Risk management

51
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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

A

Safety unit

52
Q

What other profession like firefighters have a high rate of heart attacks

A

Security guards

25%

53
Q

Went to professions are a lower risk of heart attack and firefighters

A

Police officer (low intensity high stress)

construction workers(perform strenuous labor)

15%

54
Q

In 2011 what percentage of firefighters died from over exhaustion and stress or medical problems

A

25%

55
Q

HFACS
Level III and safe supervision( examine the role of supervisors)

What are the four categories

A

In adequate supervision, how long inappropriate operations, value to correct known problems, supervisor violations

56
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HFACS 4

Is the most difficult level to analyze

A

Examines resource management and organizational climate

57
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HFACS

What are the two categories

A

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)

58
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RIC

A

NFPA 1710

59
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NFPA 1720

A

Emergency medical operations in special operations to the public by career firefighter department

60
Q

A slogan that should be a constant reminder of safety during emergency incident is

A

Everyone goes home

61
Q

NFPA 1583

A

Health related fitness

62
Q

The risk of heart attack is close to related to age and

A

Physical fitness

63
Q

The IAFF and association of fire chiefs got together to develop…. for physical fitness

A

Firefighters physical applitude test and peer fitness

64
Q

Stopping distance is related to what?

A

Work

65
Q

Federal workplace safety regulations in the United States hi Stabley Sh t by the

A

OSHA

IDLH -1680 Standards on operations in training for technical search and rescue

66
Q

When Operating in a DLH environment what water follow

A

Two in two out

67
Q

two in and two out must have

A

Officer in charge

To firefighters any IDLH area must remain visual our boys contact with each other at all times while wearing SBA

68
Q

The length of time and SBA provides a safe and reliable air supply depends on what

A

USER

69
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The minimum size of interior work team

A

2
Must have SCBA and PASS device

At least one member should have a radio

70
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The incident management system is used by the incident commander to assist in

A 
Assigning resources (managing resources)
Strategy and tactics
71
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Who besides the incident commander has the authority to immediately suspend activities during an imminent hazardous situation

A

Safety officer

72
Q

(What) depends on the ability to hold the concede of events that leads to a serious injury or death

A

Prevention

73
Q

What are the most frequently Freeport it type of injuries

A

Strain, sprain, muscular pain (50.7%

Wound cut bleeding bruise (14.5)

Thermal stress (6.9)

Burns (6.2)

74
Q

Fire officers must be prepared for

(What) conditions

What (hazards)

A

Changing conditions

Unanticipated hazards

75
Q

What is the third most frequent category of firefighter fatalities which includes if asphyxiation and burns

A

Caught and trapped

76
Q

What is the second leading cause a fire fighter deaths

A

Trauma

77
Q

In 2011 what was leading leading cause of firefighter fatalities

A

Heart attacks

78
Q

Most of the traumatic injuries leading to fire fighter fatalities are caused by

A

Vehicle accidents (19% deaths)

Also false structural collapse a burning buildings

79
Q

Who is on the front line and showing compliance with our safety policies

A

Fire officer

80
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Medical examinations and physical fitness programs are the most significant factors in preventing

A

Heart attack under stressful situations

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