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What workplace facilities can the organization and company officer have control over?
Facilities stations and apparatus
What can the workplace generally be divided into?
The emergency scene in route two and from the emergency scene and facilities
When should company officers’s address safety issues with their personnel?
During each shift
Who is responsible for implementing policies and procedures and reporting the need for any maintenance or the replacement of unsafe equipment?
The company officer
What does workplace safety consist of?
Activities that ensure a safe work environment and protect employees from child related injuries, illnesses, and exposures to hazardous materials
What is the leading injuries among fire and EMS personnel?
Sprains and strains
Acute entry types include
Trauma, asphyxiation, cuts, and bruises, thermal stress burns behavioral health issues
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Yes
What is the most common cause of incident fatalities
Cardiac arrest
Emergency scene, injuries, or fatalities can be prevented by what
By developing accurate , scene size up skills and utilizing sound risk management practices to devise the overall operational strategy
Are unsafe acts, internal or external factors
Internal factors
Are unsafe, conditions, internal or externally controlled
Externally controlled
What should be taught in training programs before company officers are ever allowed to respond to a emergency?
Scene safety
What is the best way to ensure that responders do not perform unsafe act during an incident
Training
During unseen operations, when should the company officer address unsafe acts?
Immediately
What are responsible for many injuries and fatalities while personnel are responding to and returning from an incident
Unsafe acts
When should, emergency responders be trained on safe vehicle operations
Well, before responding to an incident or leaving an emergency scene
Regardless of the conditions who is responsible for their drivers actions
The company officer
Who must recognize unsafe conditions, and ensure the drivers take the appropriate precautions?
The company Officer
What is one of the best methods for providing a safe workplace
Proper maintenance
Who is responsible for reporting the need for repairs and ensuring that they are completed?
The company officer
Who is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of their facilities?
The company officer
According to the NFPA in 2016, how many injuries were associated with nonemergency activities
12,780
According to the NFPA in 2016, how many injuries were associated with training
8480
What are safety related inspections intended to ensure?
The integrity of equipment, vehicle vehicles, and facilities
At any time company officers may be asked to conduct safety inspections on the following
Equipment, vehicles, facilities
What are emerging health issues in the Fire service?
Cancer and behavioral health
What should the organization safety health and wellness programs include
• Information on emergency and non-emergency safety practices
• Overall wellness and fitness
• Inspections and accident investigations
What is risk management
It is the process of identifying an analyzing the exposure to hazards, selecting appropriate techniques to handle exposures, implementing chosen techniques and monitoring the results of those techniques
What are the three distinct sections risk management plans should have
• Community risk management •organizational risk management •operational risk management
Organizational risk management
Evaluates risk and hazards that affect the organization and provides control measures to reduce the frequency, severity and probability of a negative event
Operational risk management
Assesses risk and hazards emergency responders face while performing operations, including how to evaluate risk on the scene of incidents
What is the most common method to manage risk?
Risk reduction through control measures
True or false control measures must be evaluated to measure their effectiveness
True
What are the three control measures of risk management?
•Administrative controls
• engineering controls,
•personal protection
What are the 3 E’s of a safety model?
Engineering
education
enforcement
How many components are there of a organizational risk management plan?
Five
What are the five distinct components of the organizational risk management plan?
Risk identification
Risk evaluation
Establishment of priorities for action
Risk control techniques
Risk management monitoring
The maximization of health and safety in the fire and emergency services is directly related to what
Policies and procedures designed to reduce risk
What is the five step process that maintains a continuous loop in order to evaluate the most current risk of operational risk management?
Situational awareness
hazard assessment
hazard control
decision point
evaluate
Step one of operational risk management process, situational awareness
Consider communications plan, weather factors and previous incident behavior
Step to of operational risk management process hazard assessment
Identify hazard, severity, and future impact
Step three of operational risk management process hazard control
Contain isolate eliminate
Step four of operational risk management process decision point
Determine if appropriate resources are available if assignments have been made and understood and if tactics are appropriate
Step five of operational risk management process evaluate
Determine if the risk management plan is working what is changing and if personnel are able to complete the assignments
what group provides guidance on firefighter mental illness and suicide prevention?
The national wildfire coordinating group
What can mitigate emotional suffering and reduce the risk of suicide among firefighters?
Awareness, knowledge, and action
What is the accident injury and illness prevention programs purpose?
To provide firefighters information and training regarding the hazards that exist in their work environments
When an accident occurs, an investigation review is conducted to determine the what
The root cause, source or origin
What NFPA provides guidance on conducting an annual physicals
NFPA 1582
What is an NFPA 1581
Standard on fire department infection control program
How much do absorption rates increase for every 5° rise and temperature?
400%
What are areas with high absorption rates?
Groin, jaw, forehead, and back
Accidents, injuries, occupational, illnesses, exposures, and near misses must be investigated or reviewed according to what NFPA
NFPA 1500
What NFPA should an organization use if it does not have a rehab procedure
NFPA 1584 standard on the rehab process for members during emergency operations and training exercises
PPE must be inspected and tested in accordance to what NFPA
NFPA 1851 standard on selection, care and maintenance of protective ensembles for structural firefighting and proximity firefighting
What is the purpose of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?
To provide a blueprint for reducing firefighter deaths and injuries
The initiatives were developed during the Firefighter Life Safety Summit in March 2004.
What is the first initiative of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?
Define and advocate the need for a cultural change within the fire service relating to safety
This includes leadership, management, supervision, accountability, and personal responsibility.
What does the second initiative focus on?
Enhancing personal and organizational accountability for health and safety
This applies throughout the fire service.
How does the third initiative propose to improve safety?
By integrating risk management with incident management at all levels
This includes strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.
What power does the fourth initiative grant to firefighters?
Empower all firefighters to stop unsafe practices.
What is the focus of the fifth initiative?
Developing and implementing national standards for training, qualifications, and certification
This includes regular recertification applicable to all firefighters based on their duties.
What does the sixth initiative emphasize?
Developing and implementing national medical and physical fitness standards
These standards should apply equally to all firefighters based on their expected duties.
What is the goal of the seventh initiative?
Create a national research agenda and data collection system related to the initiatives.
What is encouraged in the eighth initiative?
Utilize available technology to produce higher levels of health and safety.
What does the ninth initiative require?
Thorough investigations of all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near misses.
What should grant programs support according to the tenth initiative?
Implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement.
What is the focus of the eleventh initiative?
Developing and championing national standards for emergency response policies and procedures.
What does the twelfth initiative address?
Developing and championing national protocols for response to violent incidents.
What support must firefighters and their families have according to the thirteenth initiative?
Access to counseling and psychological support.
What is emphasized in the fourteenth initiative?
Public education must receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life safety program.
What advocacy is strengthened in the fifteenth initiative?
For the enforcement of codes and the installation of home fire sprinklers.
What must be a primary consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment according to the sixteenth initiative?
Safety.
