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Categories: Law Enforcement, Fire, Health Services, Emergency Management
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Safety Officer E/L-954
Course Description
The goal of this professional development course, E-954 Safety Officer, is to provide local and state-level emergency responders with an overview of key duties and responsibilities of a Safety Officer Type III in a Type III AHIMT.
Performance Objectives
- Demonstrate, through exercises and a final exam, an understanding of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective Safety Officer on an All- Hazards Incident Management Team
- Identify the course objective and position-specific resource materials for the position of Safety Officer
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Safety Officer in assuming the position and creating an attitude of safety on an incident
- Identify the information that the Safety Officer must obtain when beginning work on an incident and potential sources for obtaining that information
- Understand the distinction between a hazard and a safety risk, and identify situations and actions that are of high importance to the Safety Officer
- Describe several techniques that can be used to prioritize hazards for mitigation, as well as several types of mitigation and accident prevention
- Understand the purpose, components, and use of ICS Form 215A - Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis
- Understand and complete the ICS Form 208 HM - Site Safety and Control Plan• Use multiple methods of communicating safety risks and mitigations through the Incident Safety Plan, Assistant Safety Officers, Safety Messages, and briefings
- Discuss the Safety Officer’s interactions with the Logistics Section (and its various sub-units) to ensure that personnel needs are safely met
- Identify unsafe actions and situations potentially undertaken by incident personnel while working on the incident, how to prevent those safety risks, and how to stop unsafe operations
- Describe the Safety Officer’s responsibility in dealing with accidents and special situations on an incident
- Describe the Safety Officer’s role in ensuring safety and disbanding the Safety Unit during incident demobilization and Closeout
| Course Details |
Max Students | 30 |
Duration | 4 days (27 hours) |
Certifications/
Licenses/Permits | DHS Approved
POST Approved |
Cost | Contact for cost |
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