Risk Management Principles

Question 1

Individual(s) who reports to the Incident Safety Officer and assist with monitoring hazards and safe operations for designated
portions of the operation at large or complex incidents.

Answer 1

Assistant Incident Safety Officer

Question 2

Clothing designed
to shield or isolate individuals from the chemical,
physical, and biological hazards that may be encountered
during operations involving hazardous materials.

Answer 2

Chemical Protective Clothing

Question 3

Lengths of solid wood or plastic, usually 4-X
4-inches (100 mm by 100 mm) or larger, used to stabilize
vehicles and collapsed buildings during extrication
incidents.

Answer 3

Cribbing

Question 4

Process of removing a hazardous
foreign substance from a person, clothing, or area.

Answer 4

Decontamination

Question 5

Protective outwear worn during water-based
rescue operations; provides an impermeable barrier between
the wearer and the surrounding water. May be
used in ice rescue or as protection from contaminants in
water.

Answer 5

Drysuit

Question 6

System for determining
position on the earth’s surface by calculating the
difference in time for the signal from a number of satellites
to reach a receiver on the ground.

Answer 6

Global Positioning System

Question 7

Written or unwritten plan
for the disposition of an incident; contains the overall
strategic goals, tactical objectives, and support requirements
for a given operational period during an incident.
All incidents require an action plan.

Answer 7

Incident Action Plan

Question 8

Location at which the
Incident Commander and command staff direct, order,
and control resources at an incident; may be co-located
with the incident base.

Answer 8

Incident Command Post

Question 9

Highest level of skin, respiratory,
and eye protection available, as specified by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); consists of positive-
pressure self-contained breathing apparatus, totally
encapsulating chemical-protective suit, inner and outer
gloves, and chemical-resistant boots.

Answer 9

Level A Protection

Question 10

Personal protective equipment
that affords the highest level of respiratory protection, but
a lesser level of skin protection; consists of positive-pressure
self-contained breathing apparatus, hooded
chemical-protective suit, inner and outer gloves, and
chemical-resistant boots.

Answer 10

Level B Protection

Question 11

Personal protective equipment
that affords a lesser level of respiratory and skin protection
than levels A or B; consists of full-face or half-mask
APR, hooded chemical-resistant suit, inner and outer
gloves, and chemical-resistant boots.

Answer 11

Level C Protection

Question 12

Personal protective equipment
that affords the lowest level of respiratory and skin protection;
consists of coveralls, gloves, and
chemical-resistant boots or shoes.

Answer 12

Level D Protection

Question 13

Internationally recognized distress signal.

Answer 13

Mayday

Question 14

Personal device that checks air
quality against a wide range of harmful gases.

Answer 14

Multigas Detector

Question 15

Method for identifying which emergency responders are working on an incident scene

Answer 15

Personnel Accountability System

Question 16

Life jackets, vests, or other devices that provide buoyancy for the wearer.

Answer 16

Personal Flotation Devices

Question 17

Point at which air in the SCBA will last only long enough to exit a hazardous atmosphere.

Answer 17

Point of No Return

Question 18

Surfaces such as those used on
road signs, emergency vehicle markings, or safety vests
which are designed to reflect light along multiple planes
at once, giving the surface the appearance of
illumination.

Answer 18

Retroreflective Trim

Question 19

General term used for lengths of timber, screw
jacks, hydraulic and pneumatic jacks, and other devices
that can be used as temporary support for formwork or
structural components or used to hold sheeting against
trench walls. Individual supports are called shores, cross
braces, and struts. Commonly used in conjunction with
Cribbing.

Answer 19

Shoring

Question 20

Individual assigned to
function as the safety officer at technical rescue or hazardous
materials incidents; assigned at the request of an
incident safety officer to ensure the proper level of experience
based upon incident type and conditions.

Answer 20

Technical Safety Officers

Question 21

Cones, flags,
lighting, and other devices set up at a vehicle incident to
temporarily divert traffic and create a safe work zone.

Answer 21

Temporary Traffic Control Devices

Question 22

Electronic device that forms images
using infrared radiation. Also known as Thermal Imaging Camera.

Answer 22

Thermal Imager

Question 23

Protective outwear worn during water-based
rescue operations; water permeable: allows water between
the garment and the rescuer’s skin to provide
thermal insulation.

Answer 23

Wetsuit

Question 24

Five control measures for controlling risk

Answer 24

Elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, PPE/equipment

Question 25

Communication barriers on the fireground

Answer 25

Distance, physical barriers, interference, ambient noise, communication system overload, task saturation, enhanced span of control