INCIDENT SAFETY OFFICER TCFP
ACTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which NFPA standard lists the ISO requirements, duties, and responsibilities?
A) NFPA 1500
B) NFPA 1026
C) NFPA 1521
D) NFPA 1561 - ANSWER-D) NFPA 1561
Whose role is it to focus on scene-specific operations?
A) The incident commander
B) The incident safety officer (ISO)
C) Both the ISO and HSO
D) The health and safety officer (HSO) - ANSWER-B) The incident safety
officer (ISO)
Which NFPA standard currently sets the ISO qualifications for NIMS safety
officers?
A) NFPA 1561
B) NFPA 1026
C) NFPA 1500
D) NFPA 1521 - ANSWER-B) NFPA 1026
The division of the safety officer role was written into which NFPA standard?
A) NFPA 1562
,B) NFPA 1500
C) NFPA 1561
D) NFPA 1521 - ANSWER-D) NFPA 1521
The number of injuries on the fireground is declining:
A) proving the job of safety is being accomplished
B) even as the total number of hours on the fireground is increasing
C) as the total number of fires is increasing
D) but not as quickly as the number of fires . - ANSWER-D) but not as quickly
as the number of fires .
Most line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) are:
A) burn related
B) stress (cardiac) related
C) apparatus related
D) fall related - ANSWER-B) stress (cardiac) related
What organization conducts LODD examinations of specific incidents to assist
fire departments and the fire service in developing processes and procedures
to prevent further LODD or injury occurrences?
A) Fire Department Safety Officer's Association (FDSOA)
B) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
C) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
D) National Fire Academy (NFA) - ANSWER-C) National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
In the MEDIC acronym, the D stands for:
A) Develop
,B) Define
C) Discover
D) Delegate - ANSWER-A) Develop
In what year was Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, Management of
Domestic Incidents, signed?
A) 1997
B) 2004
C) 2001
D) 2011 - ANSWER-B) 2004
The National Response Framework (NRF) was recently renamed from:
A) National Coordinated Response Center (NCRC)
B) National Response Action Plan (NRAP)
C) National Response Plan (NRP)
D) National Response Preparedness (NRP) - ANSWER-C) National Response
Plan (NRP)
The HSO role is primarily:
A) an administrative or managerial position
B) project based
C) as needed and task specific
D) incident related - ANSWER-A) an administrative or managerial position
A(n) ________ process is a process or operation that is part of a department's
routine, but is not written out.
A) informal
B) formal
, C) coperational
D) standard - ANSWER-A) informal
__________ is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills.
A) Wisdom
B) Training
C) Understanding
D) Education - ANSWER-B) Training
All of the following are common, widely practiced concepts in risk reduction
industries EXCEPT:
A) the operational safety triad.
B) the five-step risk management model.
C) the hazard mitigation model.
D) risk/benefit thinking. - ANSWER-C) the hazard mitigation model.
The primary function of an ISO is to:
A) identify hazards
B) isolate risks
C) reduce injuries
D) provide safety expertise - ANSWER-A) identify hazards
The definition of a well-written SOP is:
A) it successfully passes auditing
B) firefighters follow it
C) it encompasses all the necessary elements
ACTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which NFPA standard lists the ISO requirements, duties, and responsibilities?
A) NFPA 1500
B) NFPA 1026
C) NFPA 1521
D) NFPA 1561 - ANSWER-D) NFPA 1561
Whose role is it to focus on scene-specific operations?
A) The incident commander
B) The incident safety officer (ISO)
C) Both the ISO and HSO
D) The health and safety officer (HSO) - ANSWER-B) The incident safety
officer (ISO)
Which NFPA standard currently sets the ISO qualifications for NIMS safety
officers?
A) NFPA 1561
B) NFPA 1026
C) NFPA 1500
D) NFPA 1521 - ANSWER-B) NFPA 1026
The division of the safety officer role was written into which NFPA standard?
A) NFPA 1562
,B) NFPA 1500
C) NFPA 1561
D) NFPA 1521 - ANSWER-D) NFPA 1521
The number of injuries on the fireground is declining:
A) proving the job of safety is being accomplished
B) even as the total number of hours on the fireground is increasing
C) as the total number of fires is increasing
D) but not as quickly as the number of fires . - ANSWER-D) but not as quickly
as the number of fires .
Most line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) are:
A) burn related
B) stress (cardiac) related
C) apparatus related
D) fall related - ANSWER-B) stress (cardiac) related
What organization conducts LODD examinations of specific incidents to assist
fire departments and the fire service in developing processes and procedures
to prevent further LODD or injury occurrences?
A) Fire Department Safety Officer's Association (FDSOA)
B) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
C) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
D) National Fire Academy (NFA) - ANSWER-C) National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
In the MEDIC acronym, the D stands for:
A) Develop
,B) Define
C) Discover
D) Delegate - ANSWER-A) Develop
In what year was Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, Management of
Domestic Incidents, signed?
A) 1997
B) 2004
C) 2001
D) 2011 - ANSWER-B) 2004
The National Response Framework (NRF) was recently renamed from:
A) National Coordinated Response Center (NCRC)
B) National Response Action Plan (NRAP)
C) National Response Plan (NRP)
D) National Response Preparedness (NRP) - ANSWER-C) National Response
Plan (NRP)
The HSO role is primarily:
A) an administrative or managerial position
B) project based
C) as needed and task specific
D) incident related - ANSWER-A) an administrative or managerial position
A(n) ________ process is a process or operation that is part of a department's
routine, but is not written out.
A) informal
B) formal
, C) coperational
D) standard - ANSWER-A) informal
__________ is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills.
A) Wisdom
B) Training
C) Understanding
D) Education - ANSWER-B) Training
All of the following are common, widely practiced concepts in risk reduction
industries EXCEPT:
A) the operational safety triad.
B) the five-step risk management model.
C) the hazard mitigation model.
D) risk/benefit thinking. - ANSWER-C) the hazard mitigation model.
The primary function of an ISO is to:
A) identify hazards
B) isolate risks
C) reduce injuries
D) provide safety expertise - ANSWER-A) identify hazards
The definition of a well-written SOP is:
A) it successfully passes auditing
B) firefighters follow it
C) it encompasses all the necessary elements
