FIRE 208 Fire Department Incident Safety Officer

This course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to function as an incident safety officer. Major topics include risk management principles, environmental and physiological hazards, building construction and utility hazards, recognizing critical incident stress, reading smoke, fire development hazards, incident communications, conducting a scene survey, vehicle incident management, incident operations, helicopter landing zones, accident investigation, commercial fire hazards, hazardous materials, technical rescue incidents, and mass casualty incidents.

Credits

1

Hours Weekly

1

Course Objectives

1. Perform the role of the Incident Safety Officer within the incident command system.
2. Monitor the Incident Action Plan, conditions, activities, and operations of an incident.
3. Manage the transfer of Incident Safety Officer duties.
4. Stop, alter, or suspend operations based on imminent threats posed to firefighter safety.
5. Monitor and determine the incident scene conditions.
6. Monitor the accountability system.
7. Determine hazardous incident conditions.
8. Identify motor vehicle incident scene hazards.
9. Monitor radio transmissions.
10. Identify the incident strategic requirements (e.g., fire, technical rescue, hazmat).
11. Determine the hazards associated with the designation of a landing zone and interface with helicopters.
12. Notify the Incident Commander of the need for intervention resulting from an occupational exposure to atypical stressful events.
13. Determine hazardous energy sources that can affect responder health and safety.
14. Monitor conditions, including weather, fire fighter activities, and work cycle durations.

Course Objectives

1. Perform the role of the Incident Safety Officer within the incident command system.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. Monitor the Incident Action Plan, conditions, activities, and operations of an incident.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Manage the transfer of Incident Safety Officer duties.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Stop, alter, or suspend operations based on imminent threats posed to firefighter safety.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Monitor and determine the incident scene conditions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Monitor the accountability system.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

7. Determine hazardous incident conditions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

8. Identify motor vehicle incident scene hazards.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

9. Monitor radio transmissions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

10. Identify the incident strategic requirements (e.g., fire, technical rescue, hazmat).

    This objective is a course Goal Only

11. Determine the hazards associated with the designation of a landing zone and interface with helicopters.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

12. Notify the Incident Commander of the need for intervention resulting from an occupational exposure to atypical stressful events.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

13. Determine hazardous energy sources that can affect responder health and safety.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

14. Monitor conditions, including weather, fire fighter activities, and work cycle durations.

    This objective is a course Goal Only