Ch.2

Question 1

Fire Fighter safety and health has always been an important concern for responders and IC, but has really surfaced as a priority in the last ______ years.

Answer 1

25 years

Question 2

Just _______ of fire fighter injuries occur on the fire ground.

Answer 2

less than half

Question 3

________ of the the deaths occur on the fire ground.

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

One of major impacts on fire ground safety and health initiative was publication of __________

Answer 4

NFPA 1500

Question 5

________ established the 2 in 2 out rule.

Answer 5

OSHA

Question 6

There are _______ Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives:

Answer 6

16

Question 7

On March 10th and 11th, more than ______ individuals assembled in Tampa, Florida to focus on how to prevent line-of-duty deaths, at first ever National Fire Fighter Life Safety Summit.

Answer 7

200

*2 day event

Question 8

_________ hosted to National Fire Fighting Life Safety Summit.

Answer 8

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Question 9

NFFF and USFA have established the objectives of reducing the fatality rate by ______________ within 5 years and by _______ by 2014

Answer 9

• 25% within 5 years

- 50% by 2014

Question 10

Of the 16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives, ______ have a direct relationship to fire ground strategies and tactics.

Answer 10

7

Question 11

Three incident priorities:

Answer 11

• life safety
• incident stabilization
• property conservation
• Life Safety is always number 1 priority

Question 12

Risk Assessment is based on philosophy:

Answer 12

• take greater risk to save a lot
• take little risk to save little
• take no risk to save what is already lost

Question 13

Almost ______ of firefighting injuries occur on the fire ground.

Answer 13

Almost half

Question 14

__________ publishes annual reports on both occupational injuries and deaths in the fire service, since 1974.

Answer 14

NFPA

Question 15

__________ is a report on all fire fighter deaths and includes analysis of the fatalities in terms of type of duty, cause of death, age group comparisons, and population served comparisons.

Answer 15

NFPA Death Survey

Question 16

__________ is not an actual survey of all departments, but a sample used to project the national fire fighter injury experience.

Answer 16

NFPA Injury Survey

Question 17

Both, NFPA death survey and NFPA Injury Survey are published annually in _______________

Answer 17

NFPA’s Fire Journal magazine

Question 18

_________ oversees the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)

Answer 18

United States Fire Administration (USFA)

Question 19

One problem with the system is that NFIRS is a ____________

Answer 19

voluntary system

Question 20

Organizations that publish reports:

Answer 20

• NFPA
• USFA
• IAFF
• OSHA
• NIOSH

Question 21

• Since 1960, has produced an annual fire fighting death and injury survey.
• Report is more in depth and provides information on lost-time injuries and exposure to infectious diseases.
• Data is gathered from career FD with affiliation which limits study

Answer 21

IAFF

Question 22

________ is an agency within the Department of Labor

Answer 22

OSHA

Question 23

OSHA’s regulations are applicable to ______ public departments and ______ private departments.

Answer 23

• many public

- ALL private

Question 24

There are approx. ______ fire fighters in the U.S.
______ career/paid
______ volunteers

Answer 24

• 1.2 million
• 210,000 carrer/paid
• 1 million volunteer

Question 25

The NFPA and USFA estimate that on average, ____ FF die in the line of duty each year.

Answer 25

105

Question 26

In 1998 ______ funded NIOSH to conduct independent investigations of fire fighter line of duty deaths.

Answer 26

Congress

Question 27

NIOSH began a project in _____ in which it investigates fire fighter line of duty deaths.

Answer 27

1997

Question 28

NIOSH began project called ________________, that was funded in 1998. This used a ____ part integrated plan.

Answer 28

- Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program. - 5 part plan

Question 29

________ are formed at some level of government by an governmental agency and have the force of law.

Answer 29

Regulations

Question 30

Sometimes called, consensus standards, do not have the weight of law unless adopted by AHJ.

Answer 30

Standards

Question 31

The entire collection of federal regulations is contained within the ______ titles of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

Answer 31

50 titles

Question 32

The regulations that have an impact on fire ground operations are primarily those regulations found in ______________

Answer 32

Title 29 CFR | *Is the OSHA regulations

Question 33

Whether a public fire department is required to comply with OSHA standards depends on whether the state is on of _____ OSHA states.

Answer 33

25

Question 34

Published documents that do not mandate compliance are known as ____________

Answer 34

Consensus Standards | *When group of professionals with specific expertise come together and agree on how it is to be done.

Question 35

__________ is a standards-making group. It has no enforcement authority or power; its standards are considered advisory.

Answer 35

NFPA

Question 36

Standard that has been adopted by both local and state governments as part of fire prevention program:

Answer 36

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code

Question 37

Respiratory Protection, requires respirators be provided by employer when necessary. Regulation also sets standards of air quality and SCBA maintenance programs:

Answer 37

OSHA Title 29

Question 38

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 applies to __________, industrial fire departments, and private or contractual fire departments. Only for those that perform interior structural firefighting. The regulation specifically excludes airport crash fire rescue and wild land firefighting operations.

Answer 38

Fire Brigades

Question 39

``` NFPA 1500- NFPA 1521- NFPA 1561- NFPA 1584- NFPA 1021- NFPA 1403- ```

Answer 39

NFPA 1500- Occupational Safety and Health Program NFPA 1521- Safety Officer NFPA 1561- Incident Management System NFPA 1584- Rehabilitation NFPA 1021- Fire Officer Professional Qualifications NFPA 1403- Live Fire Training Evolutions

Question 40

Consensus Standards, because professional with expertise come together to agree on minimal level of performance, tend to become ___________

Answer 40

Standard of care

Question 41

Standard of care is not a static concept but instead is very ____________

Answer 41

dynamic

Question 42

PPE for response to fires can be broken down into 3 subject areas:

Answer 42

1. Design and Purchasing (NFPA 1900) 2. Use 3. Care and Maintenance

Question 43

Types of fire-ground accountability:

Answer 43

- passport system (velcro tag) - 2 dimensional bar code - card and clip attached to large ring

Question 44

_________ are responsible for the accountability of any area of the incident from a specific point of entry.

Answer 44

accountability officer

Question 45

``` Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study Performed test- Minutes to get to Ready State- Average total time inside building- Average Total rescue time- ```

Answer 45

Performed tests- 200 Minutes to get to ready state- 2.5 min Average total time inside building- 12.33 min Average Total rescue time- 21 min

Question 46

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study From fire fighter in distress signal to RIC entry it was: To make contact with downed fire fighter:

Answer 46

- 3.03 min | - 5.82 min

Question 47

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study | Found that it took ______ FF to rescue 1 downed fire fighter.

Answer 47

12

Question 48

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study | ____ in _____ RIC members will also get into some type of trouble.

Answer 48

1 in 5 ric members

Question 49

Phoenix Rapid Intervention Study | Found that a SCBA bottle rated at 3000psi contained _______ of air

Answer 49

18.7 mins plus/minus 30%

Question 50

The relationship between fire fighter safety and strategy and tactics can be traced to the __________

Answer 50

incident priorities

Question 51

Trained personnel within a business or industrial site for firefighting and emergency response:

Answer 51

Fire Brigade