Incident Safety Officer Test Questions and Answers |Fall 2025
Question 1
What is LCES and how can it be used at a cave-in?
Correct Answer
Lookouts: ASOs, soil engineers, and briefed support personnel can serve as lookouts
Communications: Visual and voice communications are often a viable communications tool.
Escape Routes: Escape ladders and boarded footpaths should be used to create reliable escape routes.
Safe zones: Developing suitable safe zones can prove challenging. A separate shore or refuse area may need to be
erected prior to victim extrication efforts
Question 2
Passive Triggers
Correct Answer
Wearing a highly visible safety vest
Setting a good example, self-discipline etc.
Peer talk
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,Question 3
Compare and contrast the role of the ISO in informal and formal postincident analysis
Correct Answer
The ISO and IC may use an informal "how it went" PIA for routine incident where no significant operational issues were
raised.
The ISO and IC should prepare a formal PIA for significant incidents where operational issues were raised.
Question 4
What are the six items that the ISO should comment on during a PIA?
Correct Answer
General Risk Profile of the incident
Effectiveness of crew tracking and accountability
Rehabilitation effectiveness
Personal Protective Equipment use
Close Calls
Injury status
Question 5
Ch 9. 9.What are some of the hazardous energy sources in vehicles?
Correct Answer
Stability/position, Fuel systems, electrical systems, power generation systems, suspension/ door systems, drive brake
systems, restraint safety systems
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,Question 6
Define LCES
Correct Answer
Lookouts
Communication methods
Escape routes
Safety routes
Question 7
List six hazards associated with water rescues
Correct Answer
Swift/hidden currents
Low-head dams
Submerged entrapment hazards
Floating debris
Electrocution
Hypothermia
Reduced visibility (Murky water and water/salt spray)
Fragile and/or shifting ice
Marine life
Frightened animals
Distance to solid ground
Crushing wave forces and undertows or riptides
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, Question 8
A legal phrase for the effort to act in a reasonable or prudent way, given circumstances, with due regard to laws
Correct Answer
Due diligence
Question 9
List five or more alarming hazards at a clandestine drug lab incident
Correct Answer
Poor ventilation
Flammable/toxic atmospheres
Incompatible chemical
Chemical reactions in progress
Unidentified chemical and /or containers
Booby traps (improvised firearms, incendiary/explosive devices, and other such devices)
Question 10
List the four components of the ISO Action Model
Correct Answer
Resources
Reconnaissance
Risk
Report
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Question 1
What is LCES and how can it be used at a cave-in?
Correct Answer
Lookouts: ASOs, soil engineers, and briefed support personnel can serve as lookouts
Communications: Visual and voice communications are often a viable communications tool.
Escape Routes: Escape ladders and boarded footpaths should be used to create reliable escape routes.
Safe zones: Developing suitable safe zones can prove challenging. A separate shore or refuse area may need to be
erected prior to victim extrication efforts
Question 2
Passive Triggers
Correct Answer
Wearing a highly visible safety vest
Setting a good example, self-discipline etc.
Peer talk
Page 1 of 65
,Question 3
Compare and contrast the role of the ISO in informal and formal postincident analysis
Correct Answer
The ISO and IC may use an informal "how it went" PIA for routine incident where no significant operational issues were
raised.
The ISO and IC should prepare a formal PIA for significant incidents where operational issues were raised.
Question 4
What are the six items that the ISO should comment on during a PIA?
Correct Answer
General Risk Profile of the incident
Effectiveness of crew tracking and accountability
Rehabilitation effectiveness
Personal Protective Equipment use
Close Calls
Injury status
Question 5
Ch 9. 9.What are some of the hazardous energy sources in vehicles?
Correct Answer
Stability/position, Fuel systems, electrical systems, power generation systems, suspension/ door systems, drive brake
systems, restraint safety systems
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,Question 6
Define LCES
Correct Answer
Lookouts
Communication methods
Escape routes
Safety routes
Question 7
List six hazards associated with water rescues
Correct Answer
Swift/hidden currents
Low-head dams
Submerged entrapment hazards
Floating debris
Electrocution
Hypothermia
Reduced visibility (Murky water and water/salt spray)
Fragile and/or shifting ice
Marine life
Frightened animals
Distance to solid ground
Crushing wave forces and undertows or riptides
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, Question 8
A legal phrase for the effort to act in a reasonable or prudent way, given circumstances, with due regard to laws
Correct Answer
Due diligence
Question 9
List five or more alarming hazards at a clandestine drug lab incident
Correct Answer
Poor ventilation
Flammable/toxic atmospheres
Incompatible chemical
Chemical reactions in progress
Unidentified chemical and /or containers
Booby traps (improvised firearms, incendiary/explosive devices, and other such devices)
Question 10
List the four components of the ISO Action Model
Correct Answer
Resources
Reconnaissance
Risk
Report
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