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Apr 15, 2024
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FSLM 277 Incident Safety Officer (3 credits)
Course Description
This course is an introduction to the duties as written by the requirements of the National Fire Protection Administration (NFPA) 1521, Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer, 2002 edition. Course elements are designed to enable the student to identify and analyze health and safety aspects relating to their role as Incident Safety Officer in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
Student Outcomes
1. Examine the safety officer role in fire departments.
2. Identify and explain the five parts of classic risk management.
3. Distinguish among the differences in regulations, codes, laws and guides.
4. Discuss the reasoning for preplanning the response of an incident safety officer.
5. Identify and describe the three areas that help perform the functions of the ISO.
6. List in order, the five-step analytical approach to predicting building collapse.
7. List the four attributes of smoke.
8. Identify the three steps in the reading of smoke process.
9. Define situational awareness.
10. Describe three methods to read risk at an incident.
11. Define hazardous energy and list four ways to categorize its status.
12. Define the four R’s of firefighter rehabilitation.
13. Identify four methods that will help the ISO trigger safety behaviors.
14. Identity and describe the four components of the ISO Action Model.
15. Examine the three dimensions that need to be defined during environmental reconnaissance.
16. Explain the three factors that influence fire spread.
17. Examine the strategic goals for the safety section at a WMD/terrorist incident.
18. Discuss several regulations that outline response requirements for tech-rescue incidents
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