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Health and safety officer (HSO)
The individual assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the
health and safety program.
Incident safety officer
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)
An incident response system developed by the Department of Homeland
Security.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS)
An incident response system developed by the National Wildfire Coordinating
Group.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
A mental health disorder that can develop in individuals who have experienced a
terrifying ordeal that involved physical harm or the threat of harm.
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NFPA 1500
HSO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1561
ISO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1521
HSO qualifications
NFPA 1521
ISO qualifications for fire department ISO's
NFPA 1026
ISO qualifications for NIMS safety officers
firefighter injuries, combined from all activities-
slowly declining
percentage of FF LODDs due to non-cardiac, on scene causes-
trending upward
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number of injuries on the fire ground
declining, but not as fast as the decline in the number of fires
ISOs responsibilities (MEDIC) M-
monitoring incident conditions and activities
ISOs responsibilities E-
evaluating hazards and unsafe conditions
ISOs responsibilities D-
Developing measures that promote safe incident handling
ISOs responsibilities I-
Intervening when an immediate or potential threat exists
ISOs responsibilities C-
Communicating urgent and advisory safety messages that help prevent injuries or
deaths
HSO role-
primarily an administrative or managerial position, the ISO role is an incident
command staff position
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