O S & H Ch 10: Personnel Roles and Responsibilities

A difficult obstacle to overcome when dealing with safety and the individual responder is:

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• funding.

• prevailing cultural attitude.

• personal problems.

• pushback from top management.

One of the dangers to first responders comes from letting the routine nature of an incident cause them to drop their guard. In other words, first responders should not be:

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• preoccupied.

• surprised.

• complacent.

• cocky.

The ______________ is the person who supervises the team.

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• onsite safety officer

• first-line supervisor

• incident commander

• station chief

Which of the following positions can be a first-line supervisor?

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• Company officer

• Lieutenant

• Captain

• All of these choices are correct.

Which of the following best describes the position of emergency services management?

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• Top management

• Team leader

• Front-line

• Entry-level

The highest number of injuries per duty type are ______________injuries.

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• fireground

• training

• administrative

• competitive

Which of the following is needed for an incident commander to use recognition-primed decision-making (RPD)?

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• Textbooks and testing

• Simulation training

• Skill assessment

• Studying decision-making processes related to fire strategy

The incident commander makes a strategy decision based on which of the following?

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• Risk assessment

• Past experience

• Education

• All of these choices are correct.

Who is charged with managing the department’s safety and health program?

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• Incident commander

• Incident safety officer

• Safety and health program manager

• Front-line supervisors

The incident safety officer should be which personnel at the incident scene?

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• Someone who has no additional duties

• Someone who has trained to complete the duties of the role

• Someone who has additional specialized knowledge

• All of these choices are correct.