Fire Department Incident Safety Officer
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 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
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
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.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - (correct Answer) - OSHA regulations that often outline the
equipment required to accomplish a given process.
Countermeasure - (correct Answer) - An action used to effect hazard mitigation
Education - (correct Answer) - The process of developing one's analytical ability using principles,
concepts, and values
Formal Process - (correct Answer) - A process defined in writing. It can take on many forms; standard
operating procedures, standard operating guidelines, departmental directives, temporary
memorandums, and the like
Guideline - (correct Answer) - An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in application
Informal process - (correct Answer) - A process or operation that is part of a department's routine but is
not written. Because informal processes are not written, they are typically learned through new member
training, on the job training, and day to day routine
Mitigation - (correct Answer) - The overall strategy of hazard control
Mitigation Hierarchy - (correct Answer) - A preferred order of hazard control strategies; elimination,
reduction, adaptation, transfer, and avoidance
Procedure - (correct Answer) - A strict directive that must be followed with little or no flexibility
Risk - (correct Answer) - The chance of damage, injury, or loss
Risk Management - (correct Answer) - The process of minimizing the chance, degree, or probability of
damage, loss, or injury
Thermal protective performance (TPP) - (correct Answer) - A value given to the protective (insulative)
quality of structural firefighting PPE and equipment
Training - (correct Answer) - The process of learning and applying knowledge and skills
the operational safety triad - (correct Answer) - procedures, equipment, and personnel
The most common form of risk management includes the use of a five-step process: - (correct Answer) -
identify, evaluate, prioritize, control, and monitor hazards
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 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
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
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.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - (correct Answer) - OSHA regulations that often outline the
equipment required to accomplish a given process.
Countermeasure - (correct Answer) - An action used to effect hazard mitigation
Education - (correct Answer) - The process of developing one's analytical ability using principles,
concepts, and values
Formal Process - (correct Answer) - A process defined in writing. It can take on many forms; standard
operating procedures, standard operating guidelines, departmental directives, temporary
memorandums, and the like
Guideline - (correct Answer) - An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in application
Informal process - (correct Answer) - A process or operation that is part of a department's routine but is
not written. Because informal processes are not written, they are typically learned through new member
training, on the job training, and day to day routine
Mitigation - (correct Answer) - The overall strategy of hazard control
Mitigation Hierarchy - (correct Answer) - A preferred order of hazard control strategies; elimination,
reduction, adaptation, transfer, and avoidance
Procedure - (correct Answer) - A strict directive that must be followed with little or no flexibility
Risk - (correct Answer) - The chance of damage, injury, or loss
Risk Management - (correct Answer) - The process of minimizing the chance, degree, or probability of
damage, loss, or injury
Thermal protective performance (TPP) - (correct Answer) - A value given to the protective (insulative)
quality of structural firefighting PPE and equipment
Training - (correct Answer) - The process of learning and applying knowledge and skills
the operational safety triad - (correct Answer) - procedures, equipment, and personnel
The most common form of risk management includes the use of a five-step process: - (correct Answer) -
identify, evaluate, prioritize, control, and monitor hazards
