ISO (Ch 2) Flashcards
1
Q
3 Elements that affect safety
A
- Procedures
- Equipment
- Personnell
2
Q
Procedures: types
A
- Formal (SOP/SOG, standard evolutions)
- Informal (putting hood across boots so it’s donned first, grease pen on guages)
3
Q
SOG topic list
A
- Use of PPE & SCBA
- Care of PPE & SCBA
- Driving emergent
- Apparatus maintenance
- Accident/injury procedures & reporting
- Accountability
- Emergency withdrawl
- Use of ICS
- EMS standard of care
- Infection control
- Employee right-to-know (FF hazards)
4
Q
Good SOG qualities
A
- Simple language
- Clear direction
- Tested technique
- Easy interpretation
- Applicability to many scenarios
- Specific only on critical or life-endangering points
Benefits:
- Can become training outline, tool to minimize liability, tool to guide members, improves safety.
5
Q
Least important factor of triad
A
Equipment
6
Q
7 items for writing equipment guidelines
A
- Selection
- Use
- Cleaning and decon
- Storage
- Inspection
- Repairs
- Criteria for retirement
7
Q
3 factors contributing to a person acting safely
A
- Training
- Health
- Attitude
8
Q
A successful safety program is usually synonymous with a successful _________ program
A
Training
9
Q
Essential training subject
A
- PPE
- Accountability
- Company formation and team continuity
- Fire behavior and phenomena
- ICS
- Apparatus driving
- Fitness and rehab
10
Q
Of the people factors this is the hardest to address
A
Attitude
11
Q
Factors that affect attitude
A
- Dept’s safety culture
- Dept’s FF death or injury history
- Example set by line officers and veterans
12
Q
5 steps of risk management
A
- Identify hazards
- Evaluate hazards
- Prioritize hazards
- Control hazards
- Monitor hazards
13
Q
Classifying Fire
A
- Stable/predictable
- Rapidly changing/predictable
- Unpredeictable
14
Q
Key building construction topics
A
- Imposition and resistance of loads
- Characteristics of building materials
- Building assembly components
- Construction classification
- Effects of fire on buildings
15
Q
7 steps to analyze a building’s collapse potential
A
- Classify type of construction
- Detertmine the degree of fire involvement
- Visualize load imposition and resistance
- Evaluate time as a factor
- Determine the weak link
- Predict the collapse sequence
- Proclaim collapse zones
