FRSC 1161 Fire Service Safety & Loss Control
This course will provide the necessary knowledge and skills for the
emergency responder to understand occupational safety and health
and be able to develop safety programs. The course starts with an
introduction to occupational safety and health and covers the
history, national agencies that produce injury and fatality reports,
and efforts that have been made to address safety and health
problems in emergency service occupations. The course will review
safety related regulations and standards and discuss how to
implement them through risk management processes. There will be
lectures and discussions on pre-incident safety, safety at fire
emergencies, safety at medical and rescue emergencies, safety at
specialized incidents, and post-incident safety management.
Personnel roles and responsibilities will be covered, so that
knowledge can be gained on the relationship to the overall safety
and health program by the different responding and administrative
personnel at emergency scenes. Lectures and discussions on how to
develop, manage, and evaluate safety programs will be covered to
provide general knowledge and basic skills on occupational health
and safety programs. Finally information management and various
other special topics will be covered to gain knowledge on the legal,
ethical, and financial considerations that programs need to be
aware of and how to collect the data and report it.