1. National Fire Academy HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER

2. Student Manuals

3. STUDENT INTRODUCTIONS
Name, department, and position
What the student hopes to gain from this course
Have student identify safety problems within their department

4. Course Goal, Scope, and Target Audience

5. GOAL:
To enable the student to identify and analyze health and safety aspects that affect emergency Responder Safety in Both Emergency and non-emergency situations

6. SCOPE: The Health and Safety Officer's role in policy and procedure issues that affect the health and safety of emergency responders. Risk analysis, wellness, program management, and other occupational safety issues are the main emphasis of the course.

7. AUDIENCE: All individuals and especially management level personnel who have department level health and safety responsibilities (such as planning and implementation) and organizational representatives having active involvement in such activities.

8. HISTORY OF THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

9. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Devastating wildland fires in Southern California in early 1970's
Examining various aspects concerning interagency response to incidents.

10. FIRESCOPE FIre RESources of California Organized for Potential
Emergencies

11. NATIONAL INTER-AGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIIMS)
Developed by the wildland community to provide a common system
Includes six agencies
Consists of five major sub-groups

12. NEED FOR A SINGLE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
Inconsistencies
Effective command
Reduce confusion

13. NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONSORTIUM
Created in 1990
Determine what ICS would look like in the future
Consists of leaders and representatives from most major fire service organizations and Federal agencies.
Model Procedures Guide for Structural Firefighting

14. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY Adopted FIRESCOPE ICS in 1980
Incorporated material into its training curricula

15. Other FIRESCOPE Model Incident Command System applications include:
Multi-casualty
Hazardous Materials
Urban Search and Rescue

16. Federal Emergency Management Agency formally adopted FIRESCOPE ICS as the incident management system for any Federal response.

17. COURSE OVERVIEW

18. UNIT 2: HSO/ISO ROLE CLARIFICATION

19. UNIT 3: LAWS, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS

20. UNIT 4: RISK MANAGEMENT

21. UNIT 5: HEALTH MAINTENANCE

22. UNIT 6: INVESTIGATIONS

23. UNIT 7: POST INCIDENT EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS

24. SUMMARY Administrative Procedures
The Health and Safety Officer's role in policy and procedure issues that affect the health and safety of emergency responders. Risk analysis, wellness, program management, and other occupational safety issues are the main emphasis of the course.