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My Cards Of Chapter 7 Flashcards

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what is the name of the book i am studying

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What workplace facilities can the organization and company officer have control over?

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Facilities stations and apparatus

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What can the workplace generally be divided into?

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The emergency scene in route two and from the emergency scene and facilities

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When should company officers’s address safety issues with their personnel?

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During each shift

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Who is responsible for implementing policies and procedures and reporting the need for any maintenance or the replacement of unsafe equipment?

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The company officer

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What does workplace safety consist of?

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Activities that ensure a safe work environment and protect employees from child related injuries, illnesses, and exposures to hazardous materials

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What is the leading injuries among fire and EMS personnel?

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Sprains and strains

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Acute entry types include

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Trauma, asphyxiation, cuts, and bruises, thermal stress burns behavioral health issues

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Is Garrett gay

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Yes

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What is the most common cause of incident fatalities

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Cardiac arrest

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Emergency scene, injuries, or fatalities can be prevented by what

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By developing accurate , scene size up skills and utilizing sound risk management practices to devise the overall operational strategy

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Are unsafe acts, internal or external factors

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Internal factors

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Are unsafe, conditions, internal or externally controlled

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Externally controlled

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What should be taught in training programs before company officers are ever allowed to respond to a emergency?

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Scene safety

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What is the best way to ensure that responders do not perform unsafe act during an incident

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Training

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During unseen operations, when should the company officer address unsafe acts?

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Immediately

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What are responsible for many injuries and fatalities while personnel are responding to and returning from an incident

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Unsafe acts

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When should, emergency responders be trained on safe vehicle operations

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Well, before responding to an incident or leaving an emergency scene

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Regardless of the conditions who is responsible for their drivers actions

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The company officer

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Who must recognize unsafe conditions, and ensure the drivers take the appropriate precautions?

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The company Officer

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21
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What is one of the best methods for providing a safe workplace

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Proper maintenance

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Who is responsible for reporting the need for repairs and ensuring that they are completed?

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The company officer

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Who is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of their facilities?

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The company officer

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According to the NFPA in 2016, how many injuries were associated with nonemergency activities

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12,780

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According to the NFPA in 2016, how many injuries were associated with training

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8480

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What are safety related inspections intended to ensure?

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The integrity of equipment, vehicle vehicles, and facilities

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At any time company officers may be asked to conduct safety inspections on the following

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Equipment, vehicles, facilities

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What are emerging health issues in the Fire service?

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Cancer and behavioral health

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What should the organization safety health and wellness programs include

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• Information on emergency and non-emergency safety practices
• Overall wellness and fitness
• Inspections and accident investigations

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What is risk management

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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

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What are the three distinct sections risk management plans should have

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• Community risk management •organizational risk management •operational risk management

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Organizational risk management

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Evaluates risk and hazards that affect the organization and provides control measures to reduce the frequency, severity and probability of a negative event

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Operational risk management

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Assesses risk and hazards emergency responders face while performing operations, including how to evaluate risk on the scene of incidents

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What is the most common method to manage risk?

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Risk reduction through control measures

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True or false control measures must be evaluated to measure their effectiveness

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True

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What are the three control measures of risk management?

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•Administrative controls
• engineering controls,
•personal protection

37
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What are the 3 E’s of a safety model?

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Engineering
education
enforcement

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How many components are there of a organizational risk management plan?

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Five

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What are the five distinct components of the organizational risk management plan?

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Risk identification
Risk evaluation
Establishment of priorities for action
Risk control techniques
Risk management monitoring

40
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The maximization of health and safety in the fire and emergency services is directly related to what

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Policies and procedures designed to reduce risk

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What is the five step process that maintains a continuous loop in order to evaluate the most current risk of operational risk management?

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Situational awareness
hazard assessment
hazard control
decision point
evaluate

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Step one of operational risk management process, situational awareness

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Consider communications plan, weather factors and previous incident behavior

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Step to of operational risk management process hazard assessment

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Identify hazard, severity, and future impact

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Step three of operational risk management process hazard control

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Contain isolate eliminate

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Step four of operational risk management process decision point

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Determine if appropriate resources are available if assignments have been made and understood and if tactics are appropriate

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Step five of operational risk management process evaluate

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Determine if the risk management plan is working what is changing and if personnel are able to complete the assignments

47
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what group provides guidance on firefighter mental illness and suicide prevention?

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The national wildfire coordinating group

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What can mitigate emotional suffering and reduce the risk of suicide among firefighters?

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Awareness, knowledge, and action

49
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What is the accident injury and illness prevention programs purpose?

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To provide firefighters information and training regarding the hazards that exist in their work environments

50
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When an accident occurs, an investigation review is conducted to determine the what

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The root cause, source or origin

51
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What NFPA provides guidance on conducting an annual physicals

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NFPA 1582

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What is an NFPA 1581

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Standard on fire department infection control program

53
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How much do absorption rates increase for every 5° rise and temperature?

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400%

54
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What are areas with high absorption rates?

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Groin, jaw, forehead, and back

55
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Accidents, injuries, occupational, illnesses, exposures, and near misses must be investigated or reviewed according to what NFPA

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NFPA 1500

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What NFPA should an organization use if it does not have a rehab procedure

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NFPA 1584 standard on the rehab process for members during emergency operations and training exercises

57
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PPE must be inspected and tested in accordance to what NFPA

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NFPA 1851 standard on selection, care and maintenance of protective ensembles for structural firefighting and proximity firefighting

58
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What is the purpose of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?

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To provide a blueprint for reducing firefighter deaths and injuries

The initiatives were developed during the Firefighter Life Safety Summit in March 2004.

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What is the first initiative of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?

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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.

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What does the second initiative focus on?

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Enhancing personal and organizational accountability for health and safety

This applies throughout the fire service.

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How does the third initiative propose to improve safety?

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By integrating risk management with incident management at all levels

This includes strategic, tactical, and planning responsibilities.

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What power does the fourth initiative grant to firefighters?

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Empower all firefighters to stop unsafe practices.

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What is the focus of the fifth initiative?

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Developing and implementing national standards for training, qualifications, and certification

This includes regular recertification applicable to all firefighters based on their duties.

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What does the sixth initiative emphasize?

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Developing and implementing national medical and physical fitness standards

These standards should apply equally to all firefighters based on their expected duties.

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What is the goal of the seventh initiative?

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Create a national research agenda and data collection system related to the initiatives.

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What is encouraged in the eighth initiative?

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Utilize available technology to produce higher levels of health and safety.

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What does the ninth initiative require?

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Thorough investigations of all firefighter fatalities, injuries, and near misses.

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What should grant programs support according to the tenth initiative?

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Implementation of safe practices and/or mandate safe practices as an eligibility requirement.

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What is the focus of the eleventh initiative?

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Developing and championing national standards for emergency response policies and procedures.

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What does the twelfth initiative address?

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Developing and championing national protocols for response to violent incidents.

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What support must firefighters and their families have according to the thirteenth initiative?

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Access to counseling and psychological support.

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What is emphasized in the fourteenth initiative?

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Public education must receive more resources and be championed as a critical fire and life safety program.

73
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What advocacy is strengthened in the fifteenth initiative?

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For the enforcement of codes and the installation of home fire sprinklers.

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What must be a primary consideration in the design of apparatus and equipment according to the sixteenth initiative?

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Safety.

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