Fire Fighter Safety And Health. Chap. 2

Front 1

Line of Duty Death.
(LODD)

Back 1

Firefighter or emergency responder death resulting from the performance of fire department duties.

Front 2

Consensus Standard

Back 2

Rules, principles, or measures that are established though agreement of members of the standards-setting organization.

Front 3

NFPA 1500

Back 3

Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program.

Front 4

Risk Management Plan

Back 4

Written plan that identifies and analyzes the exposures to hazards and includes selection of appropriate risk management techniques to handle exposures, implementation of chosen techniques, and monitoring of the results of those risk management techniques.

Front 5

Safety Policy

Back 5

Written policy that is designed to promote safety to departmental members.

Front 6

Health and Safety Officer.
(HSO)

Back 6

Members of the fire and emergency services organization who is assigned and authorized by the administration as the manager of the health and safety program and performs the duties, functions, and responsibilities in NFPA 1521. (standard for fire department safety officer.)
This individual must meet the qualifications or approved equivalent of this standard.

Front 7

NFPA 1521

Back 7

Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer.

Front 8

Communicable Diseases

Back 8

Disease that is transmissible from one person to another.

Front 9

Personal Alert Safety System
(PASS)

Back 9

Electronic lack-of-motion sensor that sounds a loud tone when a firefighter becomes motionless.
It can also be manually triggered to operate.

Front 10

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus.
(SCBA)

Back 10

Respirator worn by the user that supplies a breathable atmosphere that is either carried in or generated by the apparatus and is independent of the ambient atmosphere.
Respiratory protection is worn in all atmospheres that are considered to be Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health. (IDLH).

Front 11

Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR)

Back 11

An atmosphere-supplying respirator for which the source of breathing air is not designed to be carried by the user; not certified for fire fighting operations.

Front 12

Incident Command System

Back 12

System by which facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications are organized to operate within a common organizational sturcture designed to aid in the management of resources at emergency incidents.

Front 13

Rehab

Back 13

Term for a rehabilitation station at a fire or other incident where personnel can rest, rehydrate, and recover from the stresses of the incident.

Front 14

Postincident Analysis

Back 14

General overview and critique of the incident by members of all responding agencies that should take place within two weeks of actual incident.

Front 15

NFPA 1561

Back 15

Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System.

Front 16

NFPA 101

Back 16

Life Safety Code.

Front 17

Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) or
Rapid Intervention Team (RIT).

Back 17

Two or more fully equipped and immediately available firefighter designated to stand by outside the hazard zone to enter and effect rescue of firefighters inside if necessary.

Front 18

Passport System or Tag system

Back 18

List of names or badges given to the accountability officer to aid in accountability of personnel within the hazard zone.

Front 19

Two-in/Two-out rule

Back 19

Rule established by OSHA that states when two or more firefighters enter a building in a fire state Two or more firefighters must be standing by outside and be ready for mayday operations at all times. also called RIC or RIT.