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Unit 3: Operational Scene Safety Analysis Flashcards

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Common Incident Safety Considerations

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  1. Personnel (Are the personnel present appropriate for the incident?)
  2. ICS
  3. Communications
  4. Situational awareness (Be aware of your surroundings)
  5. No freelancing
  6. Rehabilitation
  7. Accountability systems
  8. Rapid intervention crews (RIC/RIT)
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Special Considerations for Wildland Fire Safety Incidents

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Weather impacts(temperature, humidity and solar radiation)

Wildland fuels potential varies by minute

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10 Standard Fire Orders for Wildland Fires

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  1. Keep informed on fire weather conditions and forecasts
  2. Know what fires doing all the time
  3. Base actions on current and expected behavior of fire
  4. ID escape routes and safety zones, and make them known
  5. Post lookouts where there’s potential danger
  6. Be alert, keep calm, think clearly, act decisively
  7. Maintain prompt communication with your forces, supervisor and adjoining forces
  8. Give clear instructions and be sure they’re understood
  9. Always maintain control of forces
  10. Aggressively fight fire, ensuring safety first
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Wildland Fires: “Watch Out” Situations

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Developed by US Forest Service

Standardized conditions that may indicate safety issues

Any Wildland firefighter should be familiar with the 18 situations

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18 “Watch Out”Situations

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  1. Fire not scouted and sized up
  2. Country not seen in daylight
  3. Safety zones and escape routes not ID’d
  4. Unfamiliar with weather and local factors influencing fire behavior
  5. Uninformed on strategy, tactics and hazards
  6. Instructions and assignments not clear
  7. No communication link with crew and supervisors
  8. Constructing line without safe anchor point
  9. Building fireline downhill with fire below
  10. Attempting frontal assault on fire
  11. Unburied fuel between you and the fire
  12. Can’t see main fire and not in contact with someone who can
  13. Location on hillside where rolling material can ignite fuel below
  14. Weather becoming hotter and drier
  15. Wind increasing and/or changing directions
  16. Getting frequent spot fires across lines
  17. Terrain and fuels make escape to safety zones difficult
  18. Taking a nap near fire line
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Wildland Firefighting: LCES

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L - Lookout

C - Communicatios

E - Escape Routes

S - Safety Zones

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Key Wildland Fire Concepts

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  1. Greater human resource needs
  2. Greater logistical support needs
  3. Greater geographical area to monitor
  4. Unique safety concerns
  5. Requires unique ISO training
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Considerations for Structural Fire Safety: Occupancy Considerations

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Single family and multi family dwellings

Commercial structures

Industrial structures

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Considerations for Structural Fire Safety: Construction Considerations

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Single story

Multistory

High-rise

Below ground

Large footprint

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Considerations for Structural Fire Safety: Construction Types

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Fire-resistive

Non-combustible/limited combustible

Ordinary

Heavy timber

Wood frame

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Considerations for Structural Fire Safety: Fire Progression

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Current day vs legacy materials: current burns faster

Controlling airflow

Transitional attacks(starts outside and moves inside)

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EMS Incident Safety Considerations: Highway Incidents

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  1. Proper blocking and staging
  2. Roadway shutdown
  3. Proper lighting
  4. Proper reflective clothing
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EMS Incident Safety Considerations: Types of Responses

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  1. Gunshots
  2. Suicides
  3. Mass gatherings
  4. Active shooter
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Technological Incident Safety

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  1. Hazardous materials
  2. Confined space rescue
  3. Below grade/trench rescue
  4. High angle rescue
  5. Structural collapse operations
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Potential Operational Modes

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Offensive/defensive

Rescue mode

Transitional attack

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Audible Indicators for ISO

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Command presence

Clear communications

Decisiveness

Vocal inflection

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Considerations of ISO for On Scene Arrival

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Avoid tunnel vision

“10,000 foot look”

Scene organization and command presence

Immediate life safety issues

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Face to Face Considerations for ISO

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Meet with the Incident Commander (IC)

Maintain a supportive attitude

Gain situational awareness

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Gain Situational Awareness: Priorities (LIP)

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Life Safety

Incident Stabilization

Property Conservation

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Gain Situational Awareness

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Priorities (LIP)

Incident objectives

Strategies

Resource deployment

Command structure

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Cold Control Zone

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Contains command post and other support functions to control incident

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Warm Control Zone

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Outside the hot zone where personnel and equipment are decontaminated

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Hot Control Zone

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Hazardous area

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Brings appropriate attention to all safety aspects of operations

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Incident Safety Officer

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The ISO reports to and supports the…

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Incident Commander

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The groundwork for proper safety management for an organization on scene are laid by….

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Safety policies and procedures

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The ultimate responsibility of safety on scene falls on…

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The Incident Commander

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Who serves as the eyes and ears of the IC on all matters dealing with scene safety

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The ISO

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Safety issues are typically identified during the development of the….

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Incident Action Plan (IAP)

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When is the IAP developed

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While the IC implements initial objectives and strategies

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A formal IAP is developed for implementation after

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The initial operational period

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The ISO must contribute to the IAP with regards to…

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Safety related issues

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The initial incident and strategies and the formal IAP MUST embody

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Principles of safety

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Safety Officer Responsibilities

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  1. Ongoing assessment of hazardous environments (ICS Form 215A, Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis)
  2. Development of the Incident Safety Message (ICS Form 208, Safety Message/Plan)
  3. Coordination of multiagency safety efforts
  4. Action to ensure the implementation of appropriate safety measures
  5. Monitoring safety of incident operations
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Assistant ISO

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An individual appointed or assigned at an incident scene by the IC to assist the ISO at complex or technical emergency incidents

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Situational Awareness

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Paying attention to and understanding what is going on in the environment around you

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The ISO must avoid the desire to engage in tactical control activities, because

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Takes the ISO’s mind of the the task

Creates too narrow a focus

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ISO continuously monitors the scene for….

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  1. Standard outlying requirements of all personnel
  2. Rehabilitation process
  3. Continued use of respiratory protective equipment
  4. Use of proper PPE
  5. Compliance with organizational policies (monitor scene control, monitor accountability system, ensure rehab, crew rotation)
  6. Absence of freelancing
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The key functions of ISO defined by NFPA 1521

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To suspend, alter, or terminate unsafe acts or hazardous activities

IC must be notified of any action which may affect objectives and strategies

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ISO Function: Suspend

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To delay to allow proper safety measures or conditions to be achieved

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ISO Functions: Alter

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To change the activity being conducted in a way to allow the activity to be completed more safely

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ISO Functions: Terminate

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To stop an activity completely due to changing safety conditions or unsafe practices

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Control Line

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All constructed or natural barriers and treated fire edges used to control a Wildland fire

Incident Safety Officer (5 decks)

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