TEST BANK FOR Fire Department Incident Safety Officer

Fire Department Incident Safety Officer (David
Dodson)
This title is used to refer to the individual in charge of a departments entire safety and health program.
** Answer** Safety Officer



In 1991 The Fire department safety officers Association (FDSOA) developed and offered a class titled?
** Answer** Preparing the Fireground Safety Officer



A________ is the individual assigned and authorized by the fire chief as the manager of the health and
safety program. ** Answer** Health and Safety Officer (HSO)



The title of safety officer can mean many things, but it is most often associated with __________ at
incidents. ** Answer** Delegated Responsibility



_____________ is a member of the command staff responsible for monitoring and assessing safety
hazards or unsafe situations and for developing measures to ensure personnel safety. ** Answer**
An Incident Safety Officer (ISO)



_________ was developed through Homeland Security Presidential 5 (HSPD5) to create and mandate a
consistent nationwide approach to prepare for, respond to and recover form domestic incidents
regardless of cause, size, or complexity. ** Answer** NIMS



On its website NIMS offers a glossary of terms relating to incident command defining safety officer as
_____________. ** Answer** A member of command staff



a comparison of HSO and ISO functions ** Answer** ISO functions



Monitor incidents

evaluate hazards/risk

develop preventive measures

intervene to prevent harm

,communicate safety messages

incident action plan review




Accident investigation

post-incident analysis

safety committee participation

procedure review




OSHA compliance

Safety & Health eduction

Accident prevention program

facility safety

infection control

risk management administration

data analysis



HSO functions



In 1970 Congress passed the __________ which created the Occupational safety and health
administration (OSHA). President Nixon signed the act into law that December. ** Answer**
Williams-Steiger Act



What law gives equal rights and responsibility to employers and employees with respect to safe working
conditions? ** Answer** Williams-Steiger Act

,The roots of risk management and a decided safety officer in todays fire service lie in the development
and 1987 adoption of _______________________. ** Answer** NFPA 1500 Standard on Fire
Department Occupational Safety and Health Program.



As a companion document to NFPA 1500, NFPA 1501 was created by? ** Answer** NFPA Fire
Department Occupational Health and Safety Technical Committee



In 1970s _____________ program was developed and used for multiagency incidents on the west coast.
** Answer** FIRESCOPE (Firefighting Resources of Southern California Organized for Potential
Emergencies)



In _________ the International Fire Service Training Association Published Incident Command System, a
manual in which a safety officer position was integral to the command staff. ** Answer** 1983



_____________ recognizes the safety officer as direly reporting to the IC. NIIMS is a direct descended of
the FIRESCOPE program. ** Answer** The National Interagency Incident Management System,
NIIMS, used by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)



An ________ is qualified to deploy nationwide as part of a national incident management team. (IMT)
** Answer** SOF1



An _______ is usually qualified at the state or local level to function at woodland and interface fires or
other disasters. ** Answer** SOF



_____________ Can be the safety officer assigned to initial attack operations, the safety officer assigned
to incidents that have not escalated to a Type 1 or 2 incident, and the field assistant used by an SOF1 or
SOF2. ** Answer** The Line Safety Officer (SOFR)



There are approximately ________ predesignated Type 1 IMT's and ______ Type 2 ITMs stand around
the united states, responding to incidents on a rotational basis as needed. ** Answer** 16



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, _________ is responsible for assigning the Type 1 and Type 2 IMT's ** Answer** The National
Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)



In ________, President George W. Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, Management
of Domestic Incidents. ** Answer** 2004



NFPA ________ is now written as professional qualifications document using the hob performance
requirement (JPR) format to outline specific knowledge and skill objectives for the HSO and ISO. **
Answer** 1521



HSO requirements, dues, and responsibilities ** Answer** NFPA 1500



ISO requirements, duties and responsibilities ** Answer** NFPA 1561



HSO Qualifications ** Answer** NFPA 1521



ISO Qualifications for fire department ISOs ** Answer** NFPA 1521



ISO Qualifications for NIMS Safety Officers ** Answer** NFPA 1026



An ISO who wants to truly make a difference embraces a value that ________________________.
Understanding statistical trends is part of the value. ** Answer** Lessons can be learned form each
and every firefighter injury and fatality.



NFPA ** Answer** National Fire Protection Association



USFA ** Answer** U.S. Fire Administration



NIOSH ** Answer** National Institute for occupational Safety and Health



IAFF ** Answer** International Association of Fire Fighters