FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT SAFETY
OFFICER, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
Health and safety officer (HSO) - Answer The individual assigned and authorized by the
fire chief as the manager of the health and safety program.
Incident safety officer - Answer 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) - Answer An incident response system
developed by the Department of Homeland Security.
National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) - Answer An incident
response system developed by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Answer 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 - Answer HSO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1561 - Answer ISO requirements, duties and responsibilities
NFPA 1521 - Answer HSO qualifications
NFPA 1521 - Answer ISO qualifications for fire department ISO's
NFPA 1026 - Answer ISO qualifications for NIMS safety officers
firefighter injuries, combined from all activities- - Answer slowly declining
percentage of FF LODDs due to non-cardiac, on scene causes- - Answer trending
upward
number of injuries on the fire ground - Answer declining, but not as fast as the decline in
the number of fires
ISOs responsibilities I- - Answer Intervening when an immediate or potential threat
exists
ISOs responsibilities C- - Answer Communicating urgent and advisory safety messages
that help prevent injuries or deaths
HSO role- - Answer primarily an administrative or managerial position, the ISO role is an
incident command staff position
Williams-Steiger act of 1970 - Answer established Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
NFPA standards that help guide the ISO are - Answer NFPA 1561 (requirements,
duties, responsibilities) NFPA 1521 (qualifications)
US fire service averages more than _____ LODDS annually - Answer 100
Fire service injuries annually, but declining - Answer 69,000
Assistant safety officer (ASO) - Answer 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) - Answer OSHA regulations that often outline the
equipment required to accomplish a given process.
Countermeasure - Answer An action used to effect hazard mitigation
Education - Answer The process of developing one's analytical ability using principles,
concepts, and values
Formal Process - Answer 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 - Answer An adaptable template that offers wide flexibility in application
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