ISO Chp 2

Question 1

Creating a safe operational environment is dependent on three components:

Answer 1

Procedures, Equipment and Personnel

Question 2

___ is used in a very Generic form here to describe all sorts of formal (written) and informal process that are in place in a fire department

__ are strict directives that must be followed with little or no flexibility,

Answer 2

Procedure

Question 3

___ are adaptable templates that allow flexibility in application.

Answer 3

Guidelines

Question 4

___ is defined in writing and can take on many forms: standard operating procedures (SOPs), standard operating guidelines (SOGs), departmental directives, temporary memorandums, and the like.

Answer 4

Formal process

Question 5

___ is a process or operation that is part of a department’s routine but that is not written.

Answer 5

Informal process

Question 6

The first step in developing a formal SOP is establishing an administrative process:

Answer 6

to create, edit, alter, or delete established processes.

Question 7

Qualities of a good SOP include the following :

Answer 7

■ Simple language 
■ Clear direction 
■ Tested technique 
■ Easy interpretation 
■ Applicability to many scenarios 
■ Specificity only in relation to critical or life-endangering

Question 8

___ helps, but it is arguably the least important factor in the operational triad of procedures, equipment, and personnel.

Answer 8

Equipment

Question 9

When looking for equipment to make incident operations safer, A better tack is to look at required equipment. This can be determine by:

Answer 9

OSHA regulations. Known as the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

NFPA standards.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Factory Mutual (FM) Approvals, and Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

Question 10

Rich Duffy, Director of Occupational Health and Safety for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), and Chuck Soros, retired Chief of Safety for Seattle, Washington, suggest considering seven items when writing equipment guidelines:

Answer 10

1. Selection
2. Use
3. Cleaning and decontamination 4. Storage
4. Inspection
5. Repairs
6. Criteria for retirement

Question 11

The “People” Part of Safety Three factors contribute to an individual’s ability to act safely:

Answer 11

■ Acquired training and education
■ The person’s physical and mental health
■ The person’s general and current attitude

Question 12

First, some specific qualities should be present in the training:

Answer 12

■ Clear objectives
■ Applicability to incident handling
■ Established proficiency level
■ Identification of potential hazards
■ Definition of the acceptable risk to be taken
■ List of options, should something go wrong
■ Accountability to act as trained

Question 13

A successful safety program usually works in tandem with a successful training program. Conversely, an organization plagued by injuries or suffering from costly accidents usually has a deficiency in its training effort.

Answer 13

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Question 14

Second, the training program must include the right subjects.

Answer 14

Although arguments can be made for which training subjects or behaviors are most important for safe operations, a compelling list can be developed based on firefighter

Question 15

Injury and death statistics help to suggest the essential training topics that lead to safer operations.

Answer 15

SN

Question 16

__ is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills.

Answer 16

Training

Question 17

___ is the process of developing one’s analytical ability using principles, concepts, and values.

Answer 17

Education

Question 18

Simply stated, training deals with how to do something and education is the understanding of why you do something.

Answer 18

SN

Question 19

The following actions are fundamental in supporting firefighter mental health:

Answer 19

■ Training firefighters to recognize atypical incident stress signs and symptoms
■ Creating professional and peer outreach options for suicide prevention
■ Including firefighters’ families in social, educational, and team-building events
■ Accessing local and national resources to help in implementing a behavioral health program for department members

Question 20

Many factors affect the attitude of an individual, and attitudes are dynamic. Of the many factors affecting safety attitudes, the following few are especially prevalent in the fire service:

Answer 20

■ The safety culture of a department
■ The firefighter death or injury history of a given department
■ The example set by chiefs, line officers, and veteran firefighters

Question 21

The Example Set Within the Department:

Answer 21

■ Crews or company members are watching not only themselves, but also their team members.

■ Work areas are neat and organized.

■ Drivers are calm, consistent, and attentive.

■ Observations are openly shared.

Question 22

___can simply be defined as the chance of damage, injury, or loss.

Answer 22

Risk

Question 23

___ is the process of minimizing the chance, degree, or probability of damage, injury, or loss.

Answer 23

Risk management

Question 24

Risk managers in most industries use a five-step process called

Answer 24

classic risk management

Question 25

5 Step Classic Risk Management

Answer 25

■ Step 1: Hazard Identification

■ Step 2: Hazard Evaluation

■ Step 3: Hazard Prioritization

■ Step 4: Hazard Control

■ Step 5: Hazard Monitoring

Question 26

Identifying hazards is the primary function of an ISO.

Answer 26

■ Step 1: Hazard Identification

Question 27

Those in the risk profession use loss history to identify hazards; namely, they research injury, death, and property damage data to spot trends and identify hazards.

Answer 27

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Question 28

__ is the probability that an injurious event can happen

Answer 28

Frequency

Question 29

__ can be viewed as a harmful consequence or cost associated with injury or property damage from a given hazard.

Answer 29

Severity

Question 30

Once a hazard has been identified, it has to be assigned relative importance. In this step, a value is established for a hazard in terms of frequency and severity. Using this approach, a risk matrix can be plotted, resulting in nine categories of risk

Answer 30

■ Step 2: Hazard Evaluation

Question 31

As a starting place, the ISO should address any hazard that falls in the priority 1 category. During some incidents, the ISO may never get an opportunity to address priority 3 items. If the incident is such that only priority 1 hazards get attention, then the ISO or IC may consider expanding the safety role to include assistant safety officers (ASOs) or change the incident action plan to better fit the hazards present.

Answer 31

■ Step 3: Hazard Prioritization

Question 32

Once a hazard has been prioritized, efforts can be made to minimize exposure to the hazard or to correct the hazard. The overall strategy of hazard control is called mitigation.

Answer 32

■ Step 4: Hazard Control