Fire Department Incident Safety
Officer, 3rd Edition Exam
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
Officer, 3rd Edition Exam
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
