Fire Department Incident Safety Officer
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What is the difference between an ISO and an HSO - correct answer ✔✔ISO: Incident Safety
Officer is the person assigned to fill the command staff position responsible for monitoring and
assessing safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing measures for ensuring
personnel safety at the scene of an incident. HSO: Health and Safety Officer- the person
assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the fire department's safety and
health program
In general terms, explain the history of today's safety officer in the industrial world as well as in
the fire service - correct answer ✔✔In th industrial world, safety officers evolved out of the
injury history of world war i and ii. as people were hurt in support operations. Orgnaized labor
and insurance industry representatives pushed for more safety training during and after world
war i and ii. In the fire service, early wall watchers were used around the turn of the century. In
the 70s, the FIRESCOPE effort in California added the Safety Officer position. In the 80s, NFPA
1500 and 1501 were created that outlined the use of safety officers.
List and discuss the NFPA standards related to the incident safety officer - correct answer
✔✔NFPA 1500 outlines a Fire Department Safety and Health Program that includes safety
officers. NFPA 1521 is the Safety Officer Standard that outlines duties, authorities, and
qualifications
What was the significance of the William Stieger ACt - correct answer ✔✔It created the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA. The law gives equal rights and
responsibility to employers and employees with respect to safe working conditions.
How are the monetary costs associated with firefighter injuries and deaths paid for - correct
answer ✔✔The costs can be tied to the fire departments workers compensation rates which
reflect loss history. Worker compensation programs are not free: they are costly and the cost is
based on history: the number of claims and the cost of the claims. If a firefighter is injured on
, the job, the ramifications may be felt for many years. Obviously, the more serious the injury is,
the longer the impact is felt.
Discuss current ff injury and death trends and the need for ISO response. - correct answer
✔✔Combine ff death and injury numbers with a national trend of fewer fires, and one can
hypothesize that the effort to reduce ff injuries may not be as effective as it could be. It is easy
to see that the appointment of an ISO, more often than not, seems prudent. Other programs,
such as ff wellness and incident management systems, do reduce injury and death potential
over time, but the use of an ISO can start to reduce these threat potentials today
List the 3 elements tha affect workplace safety. - correct answer ✔✔Procedures, equipment and
personnel
Explain the difference between the formal and informal processes - correct answer ✔✔Formal:
In writing
Informal: Part of a departments routine, but not in writing
Describe four qualities of a well written procedure - correct answer ✔✔Several qualitities of a
well written procedure: simple language, clear direction, tested technique, easy interpretation,
applicability to many scenarios, and specific only on critical or life endangering points.
List and describe the external influences that can affect safety equipment design and purchase -
correct answer ✔✔OSHA regulations (CFRs)
NFPA standards
NIOSH, ANSI, and UL listings
List and briefly describe the three factors that influence a persons ability to act safely - correct
answer ✔✔Training: Good program, priority on safety subjects
Health: addressing physical and mental health
Attitude: Departments safety culture, injury and death history, and the example set by officers
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What is the difference between an ISO and an HSO - correct answer ✔✔ISO: Incident Safety
Officer is the person assigned to fill the command staff position responsible for monitoring and
assessing safety hazards or unsafe situations and for developing measures for ensuring
personnel safety at the scene of an incident. HSO: Health and Safety Officer- the person
assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the fire department's safety and
health program
In general terms, explain the history of today's safety officer in the industrial world as well as in
the fire service - correct answer ✔✔In th industrial world, safety officers evolved out of the
injury history of world war i and ii. as people were hurt in support operations. Orgnaized labor
and insurance industry representatives pushed for more safety training during and after world
war i and ii. In the fire service, early wall watchers were used around the turn of the century. In
the 70s, the FIRESCOPE effort in California added the Safety Officer position. In the 80s, NFPA
1500 and 1501 were created that outlined the use of safety officers.
List and discuss the NFPA standards related to the incident safety officer - correct answer
✔✔NFPA 1500 outlines a Fire Department Safety and Health Program that includes safety
officers. NFPA 1521 is the Safety Officer Standard that outlines duties, authorities, and
qualifications
What was the significance of the William Stieger ACt - correct answer ✔✔It created the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA. The law gives equal rights and
responsibility to employers and employees with respect to safe working conditions.
How are the monetary costs associated with firefighter injuries and deaths paid for - correct
answer ✔✔The costs can be tied to the fire departments workers compensation rates which
reflect loss history. Worker compensation programs are not free: they are costly and the cost is
based on history: the number of claims and the cost of the claims. If a firefighter is injured on
, the job, the ramifications may be felt for many years. Obviously, the more serious the injury is,
the longer the impact is felt.
Discuss current ff injury and death trends and the need for ISO response. - correct answer
✔✔Combine ff death and injury numbers with a national trend of fewer fires, and one can
hypothesize that the effort to reduce ff injuries may not be as effective as it could be. It is easy
to see that the appointment of an ISO, more often than not, seems prudent. Other programs,
such as ff wellness and incident management systems, do reduce injury and death potential
over time, but the use of an ISO can start to reduce these threat potentials today
List the 3 elements tha affect workplace safety. - correct answer ✔✔Procedures, equipment and
personnel
Explain the difference between the formal and informal processes - correct answer ✔✔Formal:
In writing
Informal: Part of a departments routine, but not in writing
Describe four qualities of a well written procedure - correct answer ✔✔Several qualitities of a
well written procedure: simple language, clear direction, tested technique, easy interpretation,
applicability to many scenarios, and specific only on critical or life endangering points.
List and describe the external influences that can affect safety equipment design and purchase -
correct answer ✔✔OSHA regulations (CFRs)
NFPA standards
NIOSH, ANSI, and UL listings
List and briefly describe the three factors that influence a persons ability to act safely - correct
answer ✔✔Training: Good program, priority on safety subjects
Health: addressing physical and mental health
Attitude: Departments safety culture, injury and death history, and the example set by officers
