Fire officer ch 11 summary Flashcards
CRR is the process that
identifies, prioritizes and defines risks pertaining to the overall community
elements used to describe the community
hazards, economic factors, building stock, public safety response agencies, community service organizations, hazards, economic factors, past loss/event history, critical infrastructure systems
community demographic profile reflects
economic and social issues that influence identified community risk
100 year flood areas
earthquake faults, landslide prone, volcano locations, industrial and chemical sites, nuclear and radiation hazards
building stock evaluation
housing density, age, high density structures, overcrowding
CPSE provides a framework to conduct
comprehensive analysis of public safety response agencies
those at risk include
children under 6, adults over 65, disabilities, poverty, people that speak little or no english
target hazards
public or private sector that provide essential products and services to the general public
target hazards are necessary to
preserve welfare and quality of life, fulfill important public safety, emergency response and/or disaster recovery functions
vision 20/20 qualitative tools to determine likelihood and impact
categories, consequences and level
(guides prioritization)
acceptable level of risk that
citizens can afford and tolerate
5 E’s of prevention and mitigation
education, enforcement, engineering, economic incentives, emergency response
written community risk reduction plan identifies
goals, partners, activities and anticipated outcomes
risk communication
exchange of real time information, advice and opinions between experts, people facing threats to their health and economic or social well being
crisis communication covers occurrences that create
surprise, present a threat, require short response time
crisis communication explains
specific event, likely consequences and outcomes, provide harm reducing information to affected in an honest, candid, prompt, accurate and complete manner
when working with the media, the NFPA recommends
building a strong foundation, proactive outreach, measured responsiveness
in a media interview, the fire officer should
be prepared, stay in control, look and act the part of a FD spokesperson
