Florida Safety Officer Elaborate Exam
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1. NFPA 1500 - ANSWER Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety
and Health Program
2. NFPA 1521 - ANSWER Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer
Professional Qualifications
3. NFPA 1561 - ANSWER Standard for fire department Incident management
system and command safety
4. Risk Management consists of what 5 tasks? - ANSWER 1.) Risk ID 2.)
Risk Evaluation 3.) Establishment of priorities for Action 4.) Risk Control
5.) Risk Management Monitoring
5. What 4 ways can you identify risk? - ANSWER 1.) Local experience 2.)
Identify Trend 3.) Safety Audit 4.)Review of Previous injury experience
6. __________ are thought to be more flexible, and therefore more usable, by
line officers and incident commanders (ICs). - ANSWER Standard
Operating Guidelines
7. True or False: In some cases, equipment designed to improve safety can
actually lead to greater risk-taking. - ANSWER True
,8. The definition of a well-written SOP is: - ANSWER Firefighters Follow It.
9. _________ is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills. -
ANSWER Training
10.The first step in developing a formal SOP is establishing: - ANSWER An
Administrative Process To Create, Edit, Alter, Or Delete Established
Processes.
11.All of the following are factors in the Operational Safety Triad EXCEPT: -
ANSWER Policies.
12.What is the process for determining which procedures need to be written
first? - ANSWER Either A Or B
13.All of the following are common, widely practiced concepts in risk
reduction industries EXCEPT: - ANSWER The Hazard Mitigation Model.
14.All of the following are factors to be addressed in the personnel aspect of the
Operational Safety Triad EXCEPT: - ANSWER Observational Skills.
15.The worst rule violations are classified by OSHA as: - ANSWER Willful
Disregard.
16.National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is under
which cabinet-level department? - ANSWER Department Of Health And
Human Services
,17.One legal principle that has a long history of minimizing fire department and
firefighter liability is: - ANSWER Discretionary Function.
18.True or False: Most of NIOSH's published guides are downloadable and
free. - ANSWER True
19.How many established groups are involved in creating guiding publications?
- ANSWER Hundreds, If Not Thousands
20.What group has been funded by Congress to investigate all firefighter
fatalities? - ANSWER NIOSH
21.The NFPA standards are often viewed by the courts as: - ANSWER
Common Practices.
22.OSHA responsibilities include both the creation and ___________ of
workplace law. - ANSWER Enforcement
23.Two good reasons to use "guiding publications" are to keep firefighters safe
and: - ANSWER To Avoid Litigation.
24.The NFPA was established in 1896 to address a multitude of fire prevention
issues and: - ANSWER Fire Protection Issues.
25.If there is a Mayday incident, who begins the accident documentation and
investigation process? - ANSWER The ISO
, 26.In the case of specialty teams, which NFPA standards would address
training needs for the safety officer? - ANSWER NFPA 1006 And NFPA
472
27.What is the name for the situation in which an SOP exists that tells the IC
that he or she shall delegate the safety function to a qualified ISO under
certain conditions? - ANSWER Automatic Delegation
28.Once the span of control rises above ______, the IC should include an ISO. -
ANSWER Three
29.An ISO shall meet the requirements of: - ANSWER Fire Officer I.
30.Which of the following is true? - ANSWER Risks Are Usually Greater
Early On In An Incident.
31.One thing that can lessen the need for an ISO during mutual-aid incidents is:
- ANSWER Regular Training.
32.All of the following descriptors of an incident would be a trigger to have an
ISO present EXCEPT: - ANSWER Typical
33.How are risks evaluated? - ANSWER Frequency and Severity
34.3 broad categories for Risk Control - ANSWER Risk avoidance, risk
reduction, risk transfer
Study Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Edition
1. NFPA 1500 - ANSWER Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety
and Health Program
2. NFPA 1521 - ANSWER Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer
Professional Qualifications
3. NFPA 1561 - ANSWER Standard for fire department Incident management
system and command safety
4. Risk Management consists of what 5 tasks? - ANSWER 1.) Risk ID 2.)
Risk Evaluation 3.) Establishment of priorities for Action 4.) Risk Control
5.) Risk Management Monitoring
5. What 4 ways can you identify risk? - ANSWER 1.) Local experience 2.)
Identify Trend 3.) Safety Audit 4.)Review of Previous injury experience
6. __________ are thought to be more flexible, and therefore more usable, by
line officers and incident commanders (ICs). - ANSWER Standard
Operating Guidelines
7. True or False: In some cases, equipment designed to improve safety can
actually lead to greater risk-taking. - ANSWER True
,8. The definition of a well-written SOP is: - ANSWER Firefighters Follow It.
9. _________ is the process of learning and applying knowledge and skills. -
ANSWER Training
10.The first step in developing a formal SOP is establishing: - ANSWER An
Administrative Process To Create, Edit, Alter, Or Delete Established
Processes.
11.All of the following are factors in the Operational Safety Triad EXCEPT: -
ANSWER Policies.
12.What is the process for determining which procedures need to be written
first? - ANSWER Either A Or B
13.All of the following are common, widely practiced concepts in risk
reduction industries EXCEPT: - ANSWER The Hazard Mitigation Model.
14.All of the following are factors to be addressed in the personnel aspect of the
Operational Safety Triad EXCEPT: - ANSWER Observational Skills.
15.The worst rule violations are classified by OSHA as: - ANSWER Willful
Disregard.
16.National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is under
which cabinet-level department? - ANSWER Department Of Health And
Human Services
,17.One legal principle that has a long history of minimizing fire department and
firefighter liability is: - ANSWER Discretionary Function.
18.True or False: Most of NIOSH's published guides are downloadable and
free. - ANSWER True
19.How many established groups are involved in creating guiding publications?
- ANSWER Hundreds, If Not Thousands
20.What group has been funded by Congress to investigate all firefighter
fatalities? - ANSWER NIOSH
21.The NFPA standards are often viewed by the courts as: - ANSWER
Common Practices.
22.OSHA responsibilities include both the creation and ___________ of
workplace law. - ANSWER Enforcement
23.Two good reasons to use "guiding publications" are to keep firefighters safe
and: - ANSWER To Avoid Litigation.
24.The NFPA was established in 1896 to address a multitude of fire prevention
issues and: - ANSWER Fire Protection Issues.
25.If there is a Mayday incident, who begins the accident documentation and
investigation process? - ANSWER The ISO
, 26.In the case of specialty teams, which NFPA standards would address
training needs for the safety officer? - ANSWER NFPA 1006 And NFPA
472
27.What is the name for the situation in which an SOP exists that tells the IC
that he or she shall delegate the safety function to a qualified ISO under
certain conditions? - ANSWER Automatic Delegation
28.Once the span of control rises above ______, the IC should include an ISO. -
ANSWER Three
29.An ISO shall meet the requirements of: - ANSWER Fire Officer I.
30.Which of the following is true? - ANSWER Risks Are Usually Greater
Early On In An Incident.
31.One thing that can lessen the need for an ISO during mutual-aid incidents is:
- ANSWER Regular Training.
32.All of the following descriptors of an incident would be a trigger to have an
ISO present EXCEPT: - ANSWER Typical
33.How are risks evaluated? - ANSWER Frequency and Severity
34.3 broad categories for Risk Control - ANSWER Risk avoidance, risk
reduction, risk transfer
