Fire Officer Principles and Practice Chapter 8 with 100- correct answers.
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Fire Officer: Principles and Practice
Institution
Fire Officer: Principles And Practice
Risk Management refers to the process of
planning, organizing, directing and controlling the resources and activities of an organization to minimuze detrimental effects
Text indicated FF deaths and injuries can be reduced through 2 main points...
FF efforts and Dedicated Safety Program
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Fire Officer Principles and
Practice Chapter 8 with 100%
correct answers
Risk Management refers to the process of
planning, organizing, directing and controlling the resources and
activities of an organization to minimuze detrimental effects
Text indicated FF deaths and injuries can be reduced through 2 main
points...
FF efforts and Dedicated Safety Program
Performing risk management includes the following:
1- Identifying and analyzing risk exposures
2- Formulating rish management solutions
3- Selecting risk management solutions
4- Implementing risk management solutions
5- Monitoring risk management solutinos
IFSIM for performing risk management
From a fire Chief's perspective there are 3 responsibilities
1) manage the community' risk
2) Provide a set of services that provide risk management
measurements
3) Maintain FD readiness to perform it's mission every hour of every
day.
The methods of managing risk fall into 3 categories of control:
administrative, engineering, and personnel protection
5 Principal Risk mangement Steps
Identify Risk exposure
Evaluate Risk Response
Rank and Prioritize risks
Determine and Implement Risk management control actions
Evaluate and Revise risk control actions
, Less Catastrophic risks benefit from answering the folloing
questions...(4)
1- What is our local experience
2- What do e know about national experience
3- What are probabilities of different things happening
4- What are probably consequences if they do occur
In sept 4 of the 5 step Principal Risk Management Steps which is to
Determine and Implement Risk Management Control Actions- when
taking actions to mitigate risks you should consider..........
Administrative, Engineering, and Personal Protection controls. Like
listed above
Per NFPA fatalities report there have been ____ fire ground fatalities
per year sicne 2007
26
4 organizations that publish reposts and statistical analysis about
FF deaths/injuries....
OSHA NFPA NIOSH IAFF
The National Fallen Firefighters foundation NFFF summit in 2004
resulted in...
16 Firefighter Life Safety initiatives
Every company must operate within the
Parameters of an IAP under the direction of an IC.
_________________ must be maintained through the chain of command
Reliable 2 way communications
2007 follow up to life safety initiatives reaffirned these important
points...
Maintain accountabiltiy
Operate under parameters of IAP
Provide backup lines
RICs
Monitor Air Supply
Communicats signs of Collapse
Habits to improve safety
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