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1. Health and safety Officer (HSO) The individual assigned and authorized by the fire
chief as the manager of the health and safety pro-
gram
2. Incident Safety Officer (ISO) A member of the command staff responsible for
monitoring and assessing safety hazards or unsafe
situations and for developing measures to ensure
personnel safety
3. National Incident Management Sys- An incident response system developed by the de-
tem (NIMS) partment of homeland security
4. National Interagency Incident Man- An incident response system developed by the na-
agement System (NIIMS) tional wildfire coordinating group
5. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) A mental health disorder that can develop in indi-
viduals who have experienced a terrifying ordeal
that involved physical harm or the threat of harm.
6. NFPA 1561 Incident Safety Officer requirements, duties, and
responsibilities
7. NFPA 1521 Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer
8. NFPA 1500 Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety
and Health Program
9. Williams-Steiger Act Created by congress in 1970 in order to form the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
10. NFPA 1026 Incident Safety Officer qualifications for NIMS
safety officer
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11. Assistant Safety Officer (ASO) A member of the fire department appointed by
the incident commander to assist the ISO in the
performance of the ISO functions at an incident
scene
12. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) OSHA regulations that often outline the equipment
required to accomplish a given process
13. Countermeasure An action used to effect hazard mitigation
14. Education The process of developing one's analytical ability
using principles, concepts, and values
15. Formal Process A process defined in writing which can take on
forms of SOP's, SOG's, Department Directives, etc
16. Guideline An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in
application
17. Informal Process A process or operation that is part of a depart-
ment's routine but that is not written, and there-
fore are learned through new member training,
on-the-job training, and day-to-day routine.
18. Mitigation The overall strategy of hazard control
19. Mitigation Hierarchy A preferred order of hazard control strategies:
elimination, reduction, adaption, transfer, and
avoidance
20. Procedure A strict directive that must be followed with little or
no flexibility
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21. Risk The chance of damage, injury or loss
22. Risk Management The process of minimizing the chance, degree, or
probability of damage, loss, or injury
23. Thermal Protective Performance A value given to the protective quality of structural
(TPP) firefighting PPE and equipment
24. Training The process of learning and applying knowledge
and skills
25. Hazard Identification Five-Step Risk Management
Hazard Evaluation
Hazard Prioritization
Hazard Control
Hazard Monitoring
26. Procedures List the three elements that make up the opera-
Equipment tional safety triad.
Personnel
27. Acquired training and education Three Factors that contribute to an individual's
The person's physical and mental ability to act safely
health
The person's general and current atti-
tude.
28. OSHA Regulations External influences that can affect safety equip-
NFPA Standards ment design and purchase
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
29. Case Law