Untitled document
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Describe the history of fire department safety programs and their relationship with fire service organizational culture.
2. List the agencies responsible for oversight of safety programs in the fire service and describe their role in monitoring, enforcing, investigating and maintaining data on firefighter deaths and injuries.
3. Identify the leading causes of firefighter deaths and injuries by demonstrating the use of state and nationally based reporting systems.
4. Describe the relationship of firefighter fitness to occupational injuries.
5. Identify the equipment, training and response standards developed to minimize firefighter death and injuries.
6. Describe the concept of risk management and its application to a fire department setting.
7. Design a fire department Injury Illness and Prevention Program (IIPP) based on firefighter deaths and injury statistics.
8. Describe the laws and regulations applicable to a public safety agency.
Untitled document
I. Introduction to First Responder Safety and Survival
A. History of fire service culture regarding safety, illness and injury prevention
B. Organizational cultures
C. Multiple agencies/organizations
D. Individual roles, responsibilities and behaviors
E. History of line-of-duty-deaths (LODD)
F. Common injuries and injury statistics
G. Agencies and jurisdictions
II. Overview of National Health and Safety Organizations
A. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
B. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
C. Data collection and the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)
D. Research and investigation of injuries
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
2. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
III. Personal Fitness Awareness
A. Cardiovascular health
B. Flexibility
C. Strength
IV. Training, Equipment and Response
A. Training standards, certification requirements credentialing
B. Apparatus and Equipment
C. Response to emergency scenes
1. Seat belts
2. Code 3 driving
3. Defensive driving
D. Violence against first responders
1. Scene security
2. Criminal activity
E. Emerging Technology
V. Organizational Health and Safety Profile
A. Personal and organizational accountability
B. Existing culture and prevailing attitudes
C. Internal investigations
VI. Risk Management
A. Strategies for minimizing risks
B. Correcting unsafe acts and influencing organizational culture.
C. Rapid intervention group
D. Legal considerations
E. IIPP
VII. Prevention
A. Home sprinklers and fire/carbon monoxide detection systems
B. Code enforcement
C. Public education /fire and life safety
D. Counseling and employee support
VIII. Regulations
A. Laws
B. Codes
C. Ordinances
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 15 - 30% |
Responses to weekly discussion questions, research paper | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 10 - 20% |
Response to discussion questions | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0% |
None | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 50 - 70% |
Quizzes, midterm and final exam | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 5 - 10% |
Site visit and role playing and/or PowerPoint presentation | |
Untitled document
Fire Department Safety Officer, IFSTA 2nd Ed. Oklahoma City, OK; Jones and Bartlett, 2015
Resources for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health, Foley, Steven N. (et al), Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2003 (classic)
Understanding and Implementing the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives, IFSTA 1st Ed. Oklahoma City, OK; Jones and Bartlett, 2003 (classic)
Firefighter Health and Evaluation Workout Manual, Nunes, Frank, Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2009 (classic)
Fire Department Incident Safety Officer, Dodson, David W., 3rd Ed. Florence, KY: Delmar/Cengage, 2016