Personnel Roles and Responsibilities

1. Personnel Roles and Responsibilities Chapter 9 9-1

2. Learning Objectives • List the roles and responsibilities of the individual responders and their relationship to the overall safety and health program. • List the roles and responsibilities of the supervisors and their relationship to the overall safety and health program. • List the roles and responsibilities of the emergency service management team and their relationship to the overall safety and health program. Cont. 9-2

3. Learning Objectives • 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 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. Cont. 9-3

4. Learning Objectives • List the roles and responsibilities of the safety committee and its relationship to the overall safety and health program. 9-4

5. Introduction • Understand the various roles that the members of the organization play • Responsibility extends to everyone • Many different persons have responsibility for one or more components • Life Safety Initiatives 1, 2, 3, and 4 are linked to various roles of a safety program 9-5

6. SAFEOPS and Roles 9-6

7. Roles as a Wheel 9-7

8. Individual Responders • Individual responders • Most important link in the safety and health program • Attitude • Teamwork • Must realize that they are members of a team • Active involvement • Be willing to take an active role in the safety and health program Cont. 9-8

9. Individual Responders • Do be • An active team player • A good communicator • A leader • Aware of surroundings • A responder who works within individual abilities • Together • A responder with a safety attitude Cont. 9-9

10. Individual Responders • Don’t be • Preoccupied • Complacent • Surprised • A responder who attempts to do things outside of personal abilities • A responder who maintains an attitude that it will not (cannot) happen to me 9-10

11. Supervisors • Front-line supervision • Person that supervises the team • Ensures that team members stay together • Maintains accountability • Ensures seatbelts are fastened prior to apparatus moving • Ensures proper protective clothing for the job at hand is worn • Responsible for inspection of protective clothing • Makes sure regular maintenance procedures are followed Cont. 9-11

12. Supervisors • Link between organization management and the individual responder • Need the necessary mix of experience and education • Need to recognize dangers inherent in the occupation • Supervisor must apply knowledge and take responsibility for the crew 9-12

13. Emergency Service Management • Fire or EMS chief, or the director of emergency services • Many roles in the safety and health program • Must give the safety program priority in terms of support, both financial and administrative • Development of the organization safety policy 9-13

14. Incident Commander • Highest level of the IMS • Ensures safety at the incident • Overall incident strategy and strategic goals • Assigns tactics to meet these goals • Careful and quick risk benefit analysis • Offensive or defensive attack strategy • Knowledge of fire dynamics, building construction, and accepted tactics • Recognition-primed decision (RPD) 9-14

15. Safety Program Manager • Focal point • Oversees program • To be fully effective • Sufficient experience • Risk management principles • Cost/benefit evaluation • Emergency service operations • Role and responsibilities 9-15

16. Incident Safety Officer • Knowledge of the type of incident at hand • Part of the IMS command staff • Various functions and responsibilities • Incidents and role of Safety Officer • Fire Incidents • EMS Incidents • Hazardous Materials Situation • Technical Rescues/Special Operations 9-16

17. Example ISO Worksheet 9-17

18. Safety Committee • Involves employees • Representation from all levels and divisions • Meet regularly—publish minutes • Policy development • Recommendations to senior management 9-18

19. Summary • Each member of the organization has a role in the safety and heath program • Roles should be specific with defined responsibilities • The safety program manager is the nucleus of all activities • Incident commander plays a vital role as the person who selects strategy and tactics for a given situation • Safety committee is an extension of the organization’s membership and safety manager 9-19