Standard

R State Standard £ Institutionally Developed College: n/a

FSC 161 – Fire Service Safety and Loss Control
Course Description This course will provide the necessary knowledge and skills for the emergency responder to understand occupational safety and health and be able to develop safety programs. The course starts with an introduction to occupational safety and health and covers the history, national agencies that produce injury and fatality reports, and efforts that have been made to address safety and health problems in emergency service occupations. The course will review safety related regulations and standards and discuss how to implement them through risk management processes. There will be lectures and discussions on pre-incident safety, safety at fire emergencies, safety at medical and rescue emergencies, safety at specialized incidents, and post-incident safety management. Personnel roles and responsibilities will be covered, so that knowledge can be gained on the relationship to the overall safety and health program by the different responding and administrative personnel at emergency scenes. Lectures and discussions on how to develop, manage, and evaluate safety programs will be covered to provide general knowledge and basic skills on occupational health and safety programs. Finally information management and various other special topics will be covered to gain knowledge on the legal, ethical, and financial considerations that programs need to be aware of and how to collect the data and report it.
Competency Areas	Hours
Introduction to Emergency Services Occupational Safety & Health	Class	5
Review of Safety-Related Regulations & Standards	D. Lab	0
Risk Management	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Pre-Incident Safety	Credit	5
Safety at the Fire Emergency
Safety at the Medical or Rescue Emergency
Safety at Specialized Incidents
Post-Incident Management
Personnel Roles and Responsibilities
Safety Program Development and Management
Safety Program Evaluation
Information Management
Special Topics in Emergency Service Occupational Safety & Health

Prerequisite:	Program Admission
Corequisite:	n/a

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
Introduction to Emergency Services Occupational Safety & Health		2	0	0
	Discuss the history of occupational safety and health in industry.
	Discuss the history of emergency service safety and health programs.
	Identify, by using historical data, the safety and health problem as it is today.
	Describe the efforts that have been made to address the safety and health problem among emergency service occupations.
	List the national agencies that produce annual injury and fatality reports for emergency services.
	Identify the information that can be obtained from annual injury and fatality reports.
Review of Safety-Related Regulations and Standards		3	0	0
	Discuss the difference between regulations and standards.
	Discuss the concept of standard of care.
	List and discuss federal regulations that have an impact on emergency responder safety and health programs.
	List and discuss the major National Fire Protection Association standards that have an impact on emergency responder occupational safety and health programs.
	Discuss the role of related regulations and standards and their safety and health implications.
Risk Management		4	0	0
	Discuss the meaning of and the process for risk identification.
	Discuss the meaning of and the process for risk evaluation.
	Discuss the meaning of and the process for risk control.
	Apply risk control strategies to an injury problem.
Pre-Incident Safety		5	0	0
	Describe safety considerations in the emergency response station.
	Explain safety considerations as they apply to the emergency response vehicle.
	List the components of an effective response safety plan.
	Describe the components of a pre-incident planning process.
	List the information that should be provided by the pre-incident plan.
	Describe the consideration for safety while training.
	Define the components of a wellness/fitness plan.
	Describe the considerations for interagency coordination as it applies to health and safety.
Safety at the Fire Emergency		4	0	0
	List the three incident priorities.
	Explain the relationship between the three incident priorities and the relationship to health and safety.
	Discuss in general terms the hazards faced by responders to fire incident.
	Discuss the need for and the components of an effective accountability system.
	Discuss the types of and the relationship between incident management systems and health and safety of the responder.
	Define the need for and uses of a rapid intervention team.
	Discuss the components of incident rehabilitation.
Safety at the Medical or Rescue Emergency		4	0	0
	Discuss the hazards faced by responders at emergency medical or rescue incidents.
	Explain the methods of minimizing and preventing injuries associated with hazards found at emergency medical incidents.
	List various requirements and uses of commonly used personal protective equipment.
	Explain the requirements for infection control.
	Discuss procedures that can be used to meet the requirements of infection control.
	Discuss the systems used for scene accountability and incident management.
Safety at Specialized Incidents		4	0	0
	Describe the safety issues related to hazardous materials incident response.
	Describe the safety issues relating to technical rescue operations.
	Explain safe procedures to be used during helicopter landing zone operations.
	List specific safety issues relating to operations at civil disturbances.
	List specific safety concerns when responding to terrorism events.
	List specific safety concern when responding to natural disasters.
Post-Incident Safety Management		5	0	0
	List the safety and health considerations when terminating an incident.
	Describe the demobilization process.
	Compare the concept of first in/last out with first in/first out.
	Explain the need and the process used for post-incident analysis.
	List the components of a post-incident analysis.
	Describe the advantages of a critical incident stress management program.
	List the key components in critical incident stress management program.
Personnel Roles and Responsibilities		5	0	0
	List the roles and responsibilities of the individual responders and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the supervisors and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the emergency service management and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the incident commander and his or her relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the safety program manager and his or her relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the incident safety officers and their relationship to the overall safety and health program.
	List the roles and responsibilities of the safety committee and its relationship to the overall safety and health program.
Safety Program Development and Management		5	0	0
	List the essential elements of a safety and health program.
	Describe the process required for the development of goals and objectives.
	Develop an action plan based on the goals and objectives.
	Perform a cost-benefit analysis.
	Describe the relationship of training to the safety and health program.
	Describe the process for developing standard operating procedures.
Safety Program Evaluation		3	0	0
	Describe the purpose for evaluation of the health and safety program.
	Compare the two types of evaluations, process and outcome.
	Explain who has the responsibility for evaluation.
	Describe a recommended frequency for evaluation and the factors that affect the frequency.
Information Management		3	0	0
	Describe the purpose of data collection and reporting.
	Identify the data that should be collected within the organization.
	Identify the data that should be collected for outside organizations.
	Describe the purpose and process for publishing an internal health and safety report.
	Describe the use of the Internet as a health and safety information source.
Special Topics in Emergency Service Occupational Safety and Health		3	0	0
	Describe the legal considerations of the safety and health program.
	Describe ethical considerations of the safety and health program.
	Describe financial considerations of the safety and health program.
	Describe health and safety considerations in the diversified workforce.
	Describe the safety and health program implications of future trends and technologies.

Suggested Resources

Media (text/audio/ visual/www/ other)	Author	Title: Subtitle	Edition	Place of Publication	Year	Publisher/Publication	pp.
Text	James S. Angle	Occupational Safety & Health in the Emergency Services	2^nd.Ed.			Delmar
Text		Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer	4^th Ed,			IFSTA

Posted: 06/24/08