Emergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety & Health Perspective

Emergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety & Health Perspective
Jonathan D. Kipp, Murrey E. Loflin
While risk management techniques have been successfully used to reduce the potential for physical harm to the public, these proven methods, strangely enough, have not been applied to one of the most hazardous environments of all fire fighting operations. The result is that more than 100,000 injuries occur to fire fighters each year. Emergency Incident Risk Management shows fire chiefs, fire officers, safety officers, and risk managers for the first time anywhere how to develop and implement a comprehensive risk management program that can sharply reduce on–the–job fatalities, injuries, and harmful exposures while minimizing property and equipment damage. Expanding on the information presented in the National Fire Protection Association 1500 Handbook, this thorough guide covers every phase of effective risk management from assigning roles and preplanning, through all the steps in a solid risk management plan, to handling actual emergency incidents. With the help of illuminating examples, Emergency Incident Risk Management demonstrates how to:analyze accident, injury, and illness dataidentify and evaluate riskestablish risk management prioritiesformulate and implement sound risk control measuresmonitor and fine–tune the risk management programincorporate risk management into an incident management systemuse and maintain proper personal protective equipmentFurther, the book addresses federal standards that safety administrators must observe, providing crucial compliance information on OSHA’s regulations covering bloodborne pathogens, confined spaces, respiratory protection, and hazardous waste operations and emergency response in addition to the NFPA standards. The book, in fact, is so complete it even covers how to utilize cost/benefit analysis to ensure effective risk management decision maki ng. Written by a longtime certified safety professional and an experienced fire officer, Emergency Incident Risk Management should be regularly consulted by every professional who administers or operates corporate, municipal, military, or private emergency response programs.

Spis treści:
ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION.
Overview.
Introduction to Risk Management.
Accident, Injury, and Illness Data.
Law, Codes, and Standards.
COMPREHENSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN.
The Management of Risk.
Risk Identification.
Risk Evaluation.
Establishing Priorities.
Risk Control.
Program Monitoring.
Training of Personnel.
EMERGENCY INCIDENT RISK MANAGEMENT.
Pre–Emergency Risk Management.
Principles of Emergency Incident Risk Management.
Incident Safety Officer.
Personnel Accountability.
Incident Management System.
Post–Incident Analysis.
INTEGRATION.
Making It Happen.
Appendices.
Select Bibliography.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Jonathan D. Kipp, CSP, is the Loss Prevention Manager for Compensation Funds of New Hampshire, where he directs the delivery of risk management, safety, and health consulting services to public sector organizations. For several years, he served as a loss prevention manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He is a contributing author to the NFPA 1500 Handbook and the creator of several risk management products and training programs.
Murrey E. Loflin is a Captain and the Safety Officer at the Beach Fire Department.

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Emergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety & Health Perspective
Jonathan D. Kipp, Murrey E. Loflin
While risk management techniques have been successfully used to reduce the potential for physical harm to the public, these proven methods, strangely enough, have not been applied to one of the most hazardous environments of all fire fighting operations. The result is that more tha n 100,000 injuries occur to fire fighters each year. Emergency Incident Risk Management shows fire chiefs, fire officers, safety officers, and risk managers for the first time anywhere how to develop and implement a comprehensive risk management program that can sharply reduce on–the–job fatalities, injuries, and harmful exposures while minimizing property and equipment damage. Expanding on the information presented in the National Fire Protection Association 1500 Handbook, this thorough guide covers every phase of effective risk management from assigning roles and preplanning, through all the steps in a solid risk management plan, to handling actual emergency incidents. With the help of illuminating examples, Emergency Incident Risk Management demonstrates how to:analyze accident, injury, and illness dataidentify and evaluate riskestablish risk management prioritiesformulate and implement sound risk control measuresmonitor and fine–tune the risk management programincorporate risk management into an incident management systemuse and maintain proper personal protective equipmentFurther, the book addresses federal standards that safety administrators must observe, providing crucial compliance information on OSHA’s regulations covering bloodborne pathogens, confined spaces, respiratory protection, and hazardous waste operations and emergency response in addition to the NFPA standards. The book, in fact, is so complete it even covers how to utilize cost/benefit analysis to ensure effective risk management decision making. Written by a longtime certified safety professional and an experienced fire officer, Emergency Incident Risk Management should be regularly consulted by every professional who administers or operates corporate, municipal, military, or private emergency response programs.