This text brings a complete program management approach to fire and emergency service occupational safety and health issues. Instructors and students will find this to be a one stop resource for total safety program management. They will gain an understanding of the importance and rationale behind the increasing emphasis on occupational safety and health for emergency services in recent years. Standards and regulations that have an impact on safety programs are defined and reviewed. Specific situations in risk analysis and management are presented, as are safety issues and problems relating to personnel roles and responsibilities.
Designed for use within courses based on the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Occupational Safety and Health for Emergency Services model curriculum, Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services, Fifth ...
This text brings a complete program management approach to fire and emergency service occupational safety and health issues.
This book familiarizes personnel serving as Emergency Managers, Safety Officers, Assistant Safety Officers, and in other safety-relevant Incident Command System (ICS) roles with physical and psychosocial hazards and stressors that may ...
The importance of an effective workplace safety and health program cannot be overemphasized.
This book looks at worker safety in the changing workplace and the challenge of ensuring a supply of top-notch OSH professionals.
OSHA 3122-06R, Principal Emergency Response and Preparedness Requirements and Guidance, addressed the fact that the importance of an effective workplace safety and health program cannot be overemphasized.
"This book will help the reader create a preventive program specifically designed for emergency responders." -- WEBSITE.
Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs
The basis for this manual is NFPA® 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program.
This is not a how-to book. It is a book that addresses the philosophical basis for all of the varied components and elements needed to develop and manage a safety and health program.