Chapter 8 Me

Question 1

The process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the resources and activities of an organization in order to minimize detrimental effects

Answer 1

Risk management

Question 2

The methods of managing risks fall into 3 types of control

Answer 2

1. Administrative
2. Engineering
3. Personnel protection

Question 3

What are the 5 principles of risk management

Answer 3

1. Identify risk exposure
2. Evaluate risk exposure
3. Rank and prioritize risk
4. Determine and implement risk management control actions
5. Evaluate and revise risk control actions

Question 4

Everyone goes home program was developed by who?

Answer 4

NFFF
National fallen Fire fighter

Question 5

The 16 fire fighter life safety initiatives where a result of

Answer 5

A fire fighter life safety summit in 2004

Question 6

Where did the CPAT come from?
Candidate physical ability test

Answer 6

The IAFC partnered with the IAFF to develop The Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness Fitness Initiative which produced the CPAT

Question 7

A fire department is _____ times more likely to experience a suicide in any given year than line of duty death

Answer 7

3 times

Question 8

Behaviors that affect physical or mental health

Answer 8

Behavior health

Question 9

What is now considered to be the leading cause of death among fire fighters?

Answer 9

Cancer

Question 10

Fire fighters have ___ percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer than the general U.S. population

Answer 10

9 %

Question 11

Fire fighter cancer registry was established in?

Answer 11

2018

Question 12

Requiring fire fighter to wear seat belts can prevent ___ to ___ fatalities each year

Answer 12

3 to 6

Question 13

_____ is the primary non-cardiac cause of death during suppression operations, followed by asphyxia and burns

Answer 13

Internal trauma/crushing

Question 14

Who investigates line of duty death?

Answer 14

NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

As part of its fatality assessment and control evaluation program

Question 15

Fire fighter deaths during training activities represented ____ percent of the nonemergency annual line of duty death total in 2018

Answer 15

46%

Question 16

Sudden cardiac arrest in the training ground can be secondary to?

Answer 16

Dehydration or heat stroke

Question 17

NFPA 1041 covers qualification for?

Answer 17

Instructors

Question 18

The incident safety officer is the ____ line of defense, after the individual and the fire officer, for ensuring that firefighters obtain appropriate rehabilitation

Answer 18

Third

Question 19

What are the leading type of fire fighter injury?

Answer 19

Sprain and strains

Question 20

Clothing wore under turnout gear that meets NFPA ____ will further reduce the risk of burn injuries

Answer 20

1975

Question 21

Every fire department should have an infection program that meets NFPA____

Answer 21

1581

Question 22

Any unexpected event that interrupts or interferes with the orderly progress of fire department operations

Answer 22

An accident

Question 23

Accidents that involve serious injuries, fatalities or major property damage are usually investigated by?

Answer 23

The health and safety officer or by other qualified individuals

Question 24

It is the fire officer responsibility to protect the physical and human resources of the department. The officer must understand the basic principals of investigation. The 3 phases are:

Answer 24

1. Identification and collection of physical evidence
2. Interviews with witnesses
3. Written documentation

Question 25

The fire fighter near miss website was launched by?

Answer 25

The International Association of Fire Chiefs in 2005

Question 26

Performing risk management includes?

Answer 26

1. Identifying and analyzing risk exposure 2. Formulating risk management solutions 3. Selecting risk management solutions 4. Implementing risk management solutions 5. Monitoring risk management solutions

Question 27

From the fire chiefs perspective what are the 3 risk management responsibilities?

Answer 27

1. Manage the community’s fire risk 2. Provide a set of services that provide risk management measurements 3. Maintain fire department readiness to perform it’s mission every hour of every day

Question 28

The goal of the everyone goes home program is

Answer 28

To raise awareness of life safety issues, improve safety practices, and allow everyone to return home at the end of his or her shift

Question 29

The international association of fire chiefs (IAFC) launched a web based system to report?

Answer 29

Near misses

Question 30

The _____ system provides a method for reporting situations that could have resulted in injuries or deaths. It is confidential and non-punitive.

Answer 30

The national firefighter near miss reporting system

Question 31

_____ activities should be considered an essential component of every firefighters training regimen

Answer 31

Physical fitness

Question 32

An approach to reducing fire fighter suicides that is showing promising results is the idea of?

Answer 32

Peer support programs

Question 33

What is a consistent challenge for fire companies while operating at an emergency incident

Answer 33

Maintaining crew integrity

Question 34

A analysis of fire fighter fatality investigations from 2004-2009 suggested 4 high order root causes of firefighter line of duty deaths

Answer 34

1. Under resourcing 2. Inadequate preparation for / anticipation of adverse events during opertations 3. Incomplete adoption of incident command procedure 4. Suboptimal personnel readiness

Question 35

The rated time of an SCBA is based on?

Answer 35

A standard consumption rate for an individual at rest and does not reflect typical experience in firefighting operations

Question 36

Fire service training must anticipate?

Answer 36

1. High risk situations 2. Urgent time frames 3. Difficult circumstances

Question 37

Capable of causing harm or posing an unreasonable risk to life, health, property, or environment

Answer 37

Hazard

Question 38

Every fire department should have an infection control program that meets NFPA 1581. This standard identifies 6 components

Answer 38

1. A written policy with the goal of identifying and limiting exposures 2. A written risk management plan to identify risks and control measures 3. Annual training and education in infection control 4. A designated infection control officer 5. Access to appropriate immunization for employees 6. Instructions for handling exposure incidents