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Unit 6
Personnel Roles and Responsibilities & Safety Program Development and
Management
Chapter 9 and 10
Learning Objectives
• List the roles and responsibilities of the individual responders and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the supervisors and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the emergency service management and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
Learning Objectives
• List the roles and responsibilities of the incident commander and his or her relationship to the overall safety and health program.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the safety program manager and his or her relationship to the overall safety and health program.
• List the roles and responsibilities of incident safety officers and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the safety committee and its relationship to the overall safety and health program.
Learning Objectives
• List the essential elements of a safety and health program.
• Describe the process required for the development of goals and objectives.
• Develop an action plan based on the goals and objectives.
Learning Objectives
• Perform a cost-benefit analysis.• Describe the relationship of training to the safety and
health program.• Describe the process for developing standard operating
procedures.
Individual Responders
• Individual responders are probably the most important link in the safety and health program
• Attitude• Teamwork • Active involvement• Do’s and don’ts
Supervisors
• Front-line supervision– Grassroots person that supervises the team – Ensures that team members stay together– Maintains accountability– Seeing that seatbelts are fastened prior to apparatus moving– Ensures that proper protective clothing for the job at hand is
worn– May also be responsible for inspection of protective clothing
and seeing that regular maintenance procedures are followed
Supervisors (cont’d.)
• Link between organization management and the individual responder
• Need the necessary mix of experience and education to recognize dangers inherent in the occupation
Emergency Service Management
• Fire or EMS chief, or the director of emergency services
• Many roles in the safety and health program• Must give the safety program priority in terms of
support, both financial and administrative• Development of the organization safety policy
Incident Commander
• Highest level of the IMS • Responsibility in ensuring safety at the incident• Overall incident strategy and strategic goals and
assigning tactics to meet these goals• Risk benefit analysis• Offensive or defensive attack strategy• Knowledge of fire dynamics, building construction, and
accepted tactics • Recognition-primed decision (RPD)
Safety Program Manager
• Focal point for safety related activities• Oversees the program and all associated components• Sufficient experience and education in risk
management principles, cost/benefit evaluation, and emergency service operations in order to be fully effective
Incident Safety Officer
• Knowledge of the type of incident at hand• Part of the IMS command staff• Various functions and responsibilities
Safety Committee
• Involves employees• Representation from all levels and divisions• Meet regularly—publish minutes• Policy development• Recommendations to senior management
Essential Elements
• Top management that is committed to the program• A safety and health program manager• A comprehensive risk management plan• A safety and health policy• Some type of record-keeping system for data analysis
Essential Elements (cont’d.)
• Incident safety officer(s)• A training program• Standard operating procedures• Proper equipment and PPE that meets requirements
and standards• A safety committee• A department physician
Essential Elements (cont’d.)
• An accident and injury investigation process• Infection control program• Provisions for critical incident stress management• Access to local, state and national injury and death
statistics• A process to analyze and implement policies to comply
with local, state and national regulations and standards
Setting Goals andObjectives of the Program
• The first step in this process is to set goals.
– Broad based statements with a measurable outcome and time frame
– Goals can be developed by the safety program manager and the Safety Committee
• Objectives– More specific statements of action developed in order to meet
a goal.– These specific statements, or objectives, will provide the road-
map to reach a goal
Action Planning
• A step-by-step written guide to meeting an objective• Each objective should have an action plan
Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Often used to show that the initial outlay for a program will save in future reduction of risk.
• Will typically allow the safety program manager to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a program
Training
• Direct and close relationship between training and safety
• In many organizations the training officer or division has assumed the safety program functions
Developing Standard Operating Procedures and Safety Policies
• Necessary to meet some goals and objectives• Conduct a needs assessment• Develop the SOP• Implement the SOP• Evaluate the SOP