Fire Officer 3 - Safety Programs1 Safety Program Development Fire Officer 3 Program Administration.

Fire Officer 3 - Safety Programs 1

Safety Program Development

Fire Officer 3

Program Administration


Why Have a Safety Program

1 of every 12 firefighters will be injured in the line of duty this year.

An average of 100 firefighters per year are killed in the line of duty.

Safety

Officer


What Training is Necessary?

Fire Officer 1 Certification• Building Construction• Incident Command System• Fire Behavior/Chemistry• Tactics and Strategy• Emergency Medical Service• Leadership Skills• Current Issues and Concerns• Local, State and Federal Regulations


How Is This Done?

Training and continuing education Memberships: FDSOA,ISFSI,NFPA Appoint a safety officer Establish a safety committee Develop policy and procedure Enforce policy and procedure Safety in all activities


Fire Department Safety Manager

Duties• Occupational Health• Safety in workplace• Safety in training• Records

management• Policy and procedure

development

Safety

Manager


Fire Department Safety Manager

Programs • Dept. Safety Officer• Safety Committees• Accident/Injury review• Physical Fitness• Research• Safety monitoring• CISD• Rehabilitation

Safety

Manager


Fireground Safety Officer (Sector)

Sector Officer• Time Keeping• Personnel Count• Building Survey• Operations• Accident/Injury

Investigation

Stay outside thecollapse zone!




Investigation

Time Keeping• Time of call• First entry by crews• Duration of interior

attack• Any significant

events– flashover– ventilation– rescue




Investigation

Personnel Count• Interior crews• Where assigned• Teams established• Accountability

system in place and in use




Investigation

Building Survey• How long burning• Determined fire location• Integrity of roof/walls/

floors• Attention to Truss• Minimize exposure

under/over large spans• Utilities OFF• Survey overhead hazards


Fireground Safety OfficerFireground Operations

Operations• Adequate flow/ GPM’s

• Secondary escapes

• Attention to ladder work

• Observe collapse danger zones

• Smoke volume, color, force

• Fall hazards

Operations (con’t)• Air monitoring• Observe rehab

profiles• Additional hazards

– traffic– heat / cold– passive smoke in

operations area




Investigation

Accident / Injury Investigation• Injured to hospital• Retain all equipment• Order blood / urine tests• Respond to hospital for

interviews• Follow-up reporting after

incident


Fireground Safety OfficerPost-Incident Responsibilities

Before leaving scene• Secure scene• CISD indicators?• Legal considerations• Brief Command on

incident observations

Within 24 hours• Develop an incident

review form and submit to Chief

• Participate in critique, CISD

• Participate in investigations of injuries and fatalities


NFPA 1500 Standard

Fire Department Occupational Health and Safety Standard• All encompassing• References 38 NFPA

publications• NFPA 1561 (IMS)• Created the NFPA

1521 Safety Officer Standard

Makes our jobsafer!


NFPA 1521 Safety Officer Standard

Chapter 1• Administration

– scope– purpose– equivalency– definitions



Chapter 2• Organization

– Assignment– Qualifications– Authority



Chapter 3• Functions

– Records & Data– Liaison– Rules and Regs.– Accident Prevention– Apparatus & equip.– Accident Investigation– Incident Scene Safety– Training and

Education



Chapter 4• References

– 1002 Driver– 1021 Fire Officer– 1403 Live Fire

Training– 1500 Safety and

Health– 1561 ICS– 1582 Infection

Control


Beyond 1521

What should the safety officer know?• Building construction• EMS background• Rehab profiles• Accountability

systems• ICS• Liaison Techniques


Beyond 1521

What should the safety officer know?• Building

construction• EMS background• Rehab profiles• Accountability


Building Construction• structural collapse

signs / indicators• Truss construction• Live / dead loads• Impact of fire tactics

on structures– GPM’s– Ventilation


Beyond 1521



EMS Background• Fatigue• Stress• Heat exhaustion• Frostbite• Dehydration• Triage• Needs of EMS crews


Beyond 1521



Rehab Profiles• Rotation indicators

– 2 bottle rule

• Duties of rehab crews

• Impact on operations– crew depletion


Beyond 1521



Accountability Systems• Passport or other• In use by all members• Crews accountability to

each other is essential• Best use on fireground

comes from use in training

• Movement between sectors


Beyond 1521



Incident Command System• Safety Officer is part of

Command Staff– Sector– Consult / advise

Command of actions– Participate in planning

process


Beyond 1521



Liaison Techniques• Understanding of outside

agency participation in incident– excavators– utilities

• Oversight of mutual aid companies– conflicting values?

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