6741 Ch 10 PowerPoint

1. Occupational Safety and Health
for Emergency Services
Fourth Edition
Chapter 10 — Personnel Roles and Responsibilities

2. Objectives
At the conclusion of this chapter you will be able to:
‣ List the roles and responsibilities of individual
responders and their relationship to the overall safety
and health program.
‣ List the roles and responsibilities of supervisors and
their relationship to the overall safety and health
program.
‣ List the roles and responsibilities of the emergency
services management team and their relationship to
the overall safety and health program.

3. ‣ 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 and
health program manager and his or her relationship to
the overall safety and health program.
‣ List the roles and responsibilities of incident safety
officers and their relationship to the overall safety and
health program.
Objectives

4. ‣ List the roles and responsibilities of the safety
committee and its relationship to the overall safety
and health program.
‣ List the reasons that crew resource management
can improve safety in operations.
Objectives

5. Introduction
‣ Everyone is responsible for safety
‣ SAFEOPS
‣ Supervision
‣ Attitude
‣ Fitness and wellness
‣ Education
‣ Organizational involvement
‣ Procedures
‣ Standards/Regulations

6. Individual Responders (1 of 3)
‣ Most important link
‣ Major impact on the entire program
‣ Need to have a positive safety attitude
‣ “A” in SAFEOPS stands for attitude
‣ Prevailing cultural attitude may need to change
‣ Realize the potential for injury is real

7. Individual Responders (2 of 3)
‣ Members of a team
‣ Impact on the other members
‣ Senior responders set an example
‣ Training a new recruit
‣ Willing to take an active role

8. Individual Responders (3 of 3)

9. Supervisors (1 of 2)
‣ First-level or frontline supervision
‣ Ensures that team members stay together
‣ Follow and understand procedures
‣ Fastening seat belts prior to apparatus moving
‣ Wearing personal protective clothing
‣ Maintaining accountability
‣ Inspecting protective clothing
‣ Communicating safety concerns

10. Supervisors (2 of 2)
‣ Needs education and experience to recognize dangers
‣ Must apply knowledge
‣ Take responsibility for the crew
‣ Enforcing organizational procedures
‣ Follow laws
‣ Maintaining awareness of team location and dangers
present

11. Emergency Services Management (1 of 2)
‣ Above the first-line supervisory level
‣ Fire or EMS chief
‣ Director of emergency services
‣ Emergency services management
‣ Senior management staff
‣ Safety and health program manager

12. Emergency Services Management (2 of 2)
‣ Senior management staff functions
‣ Controlling the financial resources
‣ Giving final approval for policy and procedure
implementation
‣ Prioritizing the safety and health program
‣ Making certain that individual responders from lower
levels of the organization realize this support
‣ Written organizational safety policy

13. Incident Commander (1 of 2)
‣ Highest level of the IMS
‣ IC is in charge of the incident scene
‣ Responsibility to ensure safety
‣ Overall incident strategy
‣ Strategic goals
‣ Assigning tactics

14. Incident Commander (2 of 2)
‣ IC must decide on basic strategy
‣ Offensive attack strategy
‣ Defensive attack strategy
‣ Transitional attack strategy
‣ Strategy determination
‣ Past experience, education, and risk assessment
‣ Recognition-primed decision-making (RPD) process

15. Safety and Health Program Manager (1 of 4)
‣ Roles and responsibilities
‣ Organization’s risk manager
‣ Member of senior staff with direct access to the chief
‣ Receive and act on recommendations from individuals and
the safety committee
‣ Cause safety and health policies to be developed
‣ Maintain liaison with workers’ compensation providers
‣ Maintain liaison with the department physician on health-
related issues

16. Safety and Health Program Manager (2 of 4)
‣ Investigate injuries or line-of-duty deaths
‣ Investigate all accidents and near misses
‣ Maintain all records relating to safety and health
‣ Participate in and develop safety and health training
programs
‣ Perform facility inspections for unsafe conditions
‣ Evaluate procedures from a safety and health perspective

17. Safety and Health Program Manager (3 of 4)
‣ Perform cost-versus-benefit analyses
‣ Attend and participate in postincident analyses
‣ Provide input into the departmental standard operating
procedures
‣ Provide input for specifications of apparatus and
equipment
‣ Perform evaluation and analysis of data relating to safety
and health
‣ Maintain awareness of trends

18. Safety and Health Program Manager (4 of 4)
‣ Experience and education in:
‣ Risk management principles
‣ Cost-versus-benefit evaluations
‣ Safety and health issues faced by responders
‣ Infection control
‣ Emergency services operations
‣ NFPA 1521 requirements
‣ Fire Officer Level I

19. Incident Safety Officer (1 of 2)
‣ Key to the safety and health program
‣ May be a dedicated position or a first-line supervisor
‣ Depends on the incident
‣ NFPA 1521
‣ Fire Officer I requirements
‣ Experience and education
‣ Evaluate the incident
‣ Assess the operating personnel

20. Incident Safety Officer (2 of 2)

21. The Safety Committee
‣ Common method to involve employees
‣ Provides a forum
‣ Can be a resource
‣ Include members from all levels
‣ Assists in formulating procedures and safety policies
‣ Publishes minutes of meetings
‣ Forwards recommendations to top management

22. Crew Resource Management (1 of 2)
‣ Crew resource management (CRM)
‣ Procedures to reduce the effect of human error
‣ CRM addresses these factors
‣ Enhancing communication
‣ Maintaining situational awareness
‣ Strengthening decision-making skills
‣ Improving teamwork

23. Crew Resource Management (2 of 2)
‣ Training in CRM results in:
‣ Better teamwork
‣ Better communication and problem-solving skills
‣ Increased member input while preserving the chain
of command
‣ Proactive accident prevention
‣ Training in CRM should be a part of all emergency
services organizations