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FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT SAFETY
OFFICER, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Health and safety officer (HSO) - correct answer- The individual
assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the
health and safety program.
Incident safety officer - correct answer- A member of the
command staff responsible for the monitoring and assessing
safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing
measures to ensure personnel safety.
National Incident Management System (NIMS) - correct
answer- An incident response system developed by the
Department of Homeland Security.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) -
correct answer- An incident response system developed by the
National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - correct answer- A
mental health disorder that can develop in individuals who have
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experienced a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or
the threat of harm.
NFPA 1500 - correct answer- HSO requirements, duties and
responsibilities
NFPA 1561 - correct answer- ISO requirements, duties and
responsibilities
NFPA 1521 - correct answer- HSO qualifications
NFPA 1521 - correct answer- ISO qualifications for fire
department ISO's
NFPA 1026 - correct answer- ISO qualifications for NIMS safety
officers
firefighter injuries, combined from all activities- - correct
answer- slowly declining
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percentage of FF LODDs due to non-cardiac, on scene causes-
- correct answer- trending upward
number of injuries on the fire ground - correct answer-
declining, but not as fast as the decline in the number of fires
ISOs responsibilities (MEDIC) M- - correct answer- monitoring
incident conditions and activities
ISOs responsibilities E- - correct answer- evaluating hazards
and unsafe conditions
ISOs responsibilities D- - correct answer- Developing measures
that promote safe incident handling
ISOs responsibilities I- - correct answer- Intervening when an
immediate or potential threat exists
ISOs responsibilities C- - correct answer- Communicating
urgent and advisory safety messages that help prevent injuries
or deaths
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HSO role- - correct answer- primarily an administrative or
managerial position, the ISO role is an incident command staff
position
Williams-Steiger act of 1970 - correct answer- established
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are - correct answer-
NFPA 1561 (requirements, duties, responsibilities) NFPA 1521
(qualifications)
US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually -
correct answer- 100
Fire service injuries annually, but declining - correct answer-
69,000
Assistant safety officer (ASO) - correct answer- A member of
the fire department appointed by the incident commander to
assist the ISO in the performance of the ISO functions at the
incident scene.
FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT SAFETY
OFFICER, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Health and safety officer (HSO) - correct answer- The individual
assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the
health and safety program.
Incident safety officer - correct answer- A member of the
command staff responsible for the monitoring and assessing
safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing
measures to ensure personnel safety.
National Incident Management System (NIMS) - correct
answer- An incident response system developed by the
Department of Homeland Security.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) -
correct answer- An incident response system developed by the
National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - correct answer- A
mental health disorder that can develop in individuals who have
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experienced a terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or
the threat of harm.
NFPA 1500 - correct answer- HSO requirements, duties and
responsibilities
NFPA 1561 - correct answer- ISO requirements, duties and
responsibilities
NFPA 1521 - correct answer- HSO qualifications
NFPA 1521 - correct answer- ISO qualifications for fire
department ISO's
NFPA 1026 - correct answer- ISO qualifications for NIMS safety
officers
firefighter injuries, combined from all activities- - correct
answer- slowly declining
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percentage of FF LODDs due to non-cardiac, on scene causes-
- correct answer- trending upward
number of injuries on the fire ground - correct answer-
declining, but not as fast as the decline in the number of fires
ISOs responsibilities (MEDIC) M- - correct answer- monitoring
incident conditions and activities
ISOs responsibilities E- - correct answer- evaluating hazards
and unsafe conditions
ISOs responsibilities D- - correct answer- Developing measures
that promote safe incident handling
ISOs responsibilities I- - correct answer- Intervening when an
immediate or potential threat exists
ISOs responsibilities C- - correct answer- Communicating
urgent and advisory safety messages that help prevent injuries
or deaths
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HSO role- - correct answer- primarily an administrative or
managerial position, the ISO role is an incident command staff
position
Williams-Steiger act of 1970 - correct answer- established
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are - correct answer-
NFPA 1561 (requirements, duties, responsibilities) NFPA 1521
(qualifications)
US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually -
correct answer- 100
Fire service injuries annually, but declining - correct answer-
69,000
Assistant safety officer (ASO) - correct answer- A member of
the fire department appointed by the incident commander to
assist the ISO in the performance of the ISO functions at the
incident scene.
