This chapter discusses safety considerations for emergency services when terminating an incident and demobilizing, as well as analyzing incidents afterwards and managing critical stress. It covers safely ending an incident, the demobilization process, comparing approaches to departing the site, reviewing incidents for lessons, and stress management programs to help workers cope after high-stress calls. The goal is to protect emergency personnel both during and after response work through proper planning and support services.

1. Occupational Safety and Health
for Emergency Services
Fourth Edition
Chapter 9 — Postincident Safety Management

2. Overview/Introduction
‣ This chapter discusses the safety and health considerations of
incident termination and demobilization as well as postincident
analysis and critical incident stress management programs.

3. ‣ Upon successful completion of this lesson, the student shall be able to
‣ List the safety and health considerations of incident termination.
‣ Describe the demobilization process.
‣ Compare the concepts of first in/last out with first in/first out.
‣ Explain the need for and the process used for postincident analysis.
‣ List the components of a postincident analysis.
‣ Describe the advantages of a critical incident stress management
program.
‣ List the key components of a critical incident stress management
program.
Learning Objectives

4. Section Slides
I. Introduction 4
II. Incident Termination 5-10
III. Critical Incident Stress Management 11-13
Chapter Content