Fire Department Incident Safety Officer,
3rd Edition Exam Questions and Answers
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.
-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
-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
-Williams-Steiger act of 1970 - -established Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
-NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are - -NFPA 1561 (requirements,
duties, responsibilities) NFPA 1521 (qualifications)
-US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually - -100
-Fire service injuries annually, but declining - -69,000
-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 the incident scene.
-Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - -OSHA regulations that often outline
the equipment required to accomplish a given process.
-Countermeasure - -An action used to effect hazard mitigation
-Education - -The process of developing one's analytical ability using
principles, concepts, and values
-Formal Process - -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 - -An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in application
-Informal process - -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 - -The overall strategy of hazard control
3rd Edition Exam Questions and Answers
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.
-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
-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
-Williams-Steiger act of 1970 - -established Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
-NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are - -NFPA 1561 (requirements,
duties, responsibilities) NFPA 1521 (qualifications)
-US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually - -100
-Fire service injuries annually, but declining - -69,000
-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 the incident scene.
-Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - -OSHA regulations that often outline
the equipment required to accomplish a given process.
-Countermeasure - -An action used to effect hazard mitigation
-Education - -The process of developing one's analytical ability using
principles, concepts, and values
-Formal Process - -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 - -An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in application
-Informal process - -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 - -The overall strategy of hazard control
