Fire Department Incident Safety Officer, 3rd Edition Questions and Answers Updated

accident chain - CORRECT ANSWER-a series of conditions and events that lead to an unsafe situation that results in injury and or property damage. it typically has five components; environment, human factors, equipment, an event, and the injury acclimation - CORRECT ANSWER-an individual's gradual process of becoming accustomed to an environment accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER-the efforts to alter or adjust the environment, worker relationship, or task to reduce injury potential action model - CORRECT ANSWER-a template that outlines a mental or physical process that considers inputs that lead to an output or outcomes active cooling - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of using external methods or devices to reduce elevated body core temperatures acute stress disorder (ASD) - CORRECT ANSWER-the behavioral issues that arise in the days following an atypical stress event (ASE) An incident-handling hierarchy of mitigation includes - CORRECT ANSWER-hazard elimination, reduction, adaptation, transfer, and/or avoidance 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. assistant safety officer hazmat (ASO-HM) - CORRECT ANSWER-a person who meets or exceeds the NFPA472 requirements for a hazardous materials technician and is trained in the responsibilities of the ISO position as it relates to hazmat response assistant safety officer- rescue technician (ASO-RT) - CORRECT ANSWER-a person who meets or exceeds rescue technician level competencies atypical stress event (ASE) - CORRECT ANSWER-an incident that presents mental or emotional pressure or strain circumstances that are outside the ordinary experiences of the responders atypically stressful incident - CORRECT ANSWER-an incident that involves an unusually gruesome situation, serious firefighter injury, firefighter death, or other potential psychological stress Axial load - CORRECT ANSWER-A load that is imposed through the centroid of another object.