Safety and Risk Management (NFPA 1021)selected product title

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This Recert course discusses how an incident safety officer helps manage risk at the scene of an emergency and conducts postincident analysis. A designated infection control officer manages the department’s infection control program and handles occupational exposures. A health and safety officer investigates accidents. Efforts aimed at tracking near misses are intended to identify trends so that corrective action can be taken.

After completing this course, the fire officer will be able to:

• Discuss how to develop an incident action plan.
• Describe the initiatives that have been implemented to reduce fire fighter injuries and deaths.
• List the most common causes of personal injury and deaths to fire fighters.
• Describe methods for reducing the risk of personal injury and death to fire fighters.
• Discuss the role and requirements of an incident safety officer.
• Describe safety policies and procedures and basic workplace safety.
• Describe principles to prevent emergency incident injuries.
• Describe safety considerations for the fire station.
• Describe the components of an infectious disease control program.
• Describe procedures for conducting and documenting an accident investigation.
• List the elements of a postincident analysis.
• Discuss fire fighter death and injury data.
• Discuss the impact of sudden cardiac arrest on the fire service.
• Discuss the role that traumatic injuries play in fire fighter injuries and fatalities.
• Discuss the risk of asphyxiation and burns to fire fighters.
• Discuss near-miss report analysis using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) tool.
• Discuss the role of data analysis and risk management in fire departments.
• Describe how to use postincident analysis to mitigate hazards.

Fire officers who successfully complete the Safety and Risk Management course are eligible for 2 hours of continuing education.