Workplace Violence Prevention for Fire & EMS Questions and Answers
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CLA210
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CLA210
Workplace Violence Prevention for Fire & EMS Questions and Answers
1. What should be considered as a warning sign of a potentially violent situation?
A person that verbally threatens to break an inanimate object because they feel angry with their supervisor
2. Internal factors that contrib...
Workplace Violence Prevention for Fire
& EMS Questions and Answers
1. What should be considered as a warning sign of a potentially violent situation? -
answer A person that verbally threatens to break an inanimate object because they
feel angry with their supervisor
2. Internal factors that contribute to workplace violence may include: - answer A
weak or non-existent policy against all forms of violence in the workplace.
3. After evaluating station safety from forms of external violence the Board of a Fire
District decides to install an alarm system with video surveillance at the station. The
Board is improving what type of controls to help prevent violence? - answer
Engineering
4. Two fire department members get into a fist fight at a monthly training. This is
considered what type of workplace violence? - answer Type III, Worker on Worker
5. A city conducts a study on violence experienced by their emergency responders and
concludes that female responders have more instances of violence acted against them
while providing patient care at night. The city council decides that in order to protect
their female responders they will only schedule male emergency responders for night
shifts. What workplace violence technique is the city council ignoring in making this
decision? - answer Avoiding extreme prevention methods
6. OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) - provides that each employer shall have a place of
employment which is: - answer Free from recognized hazards that are causing or are
likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
7. Which statement best supports the findings of the article published by The American
Journal of Industrial Medicine referenced in this course? - answer Sara, a female
paramedic, is more likely to experience patient initiated violence than John, a male
firefighter
8. A disgruntled ex-wife follows a firefighter to the station after a call and attacks her ex
with a bat. This is consider what type of workplace violence? - answer Type IV,
Personal Relationships
9. At a department fundraiser a member is struck on the head so an assailant, who is
not associated with the department, can take the cash box and run. This is considered
what type of workplace violence? - answer Type I, Criminal Intent
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