Emergency Incident Risk Management

Emergency Incident Risk Management: A Safety & HealthPerspective
Jonathan D. Kipp, Murrey E. Loflin
While risk management techniques have been successfully used toreduce the potential for physical harm to the public, these provenmethods, strangely enough, have not been applied to one of the mosthazardous environments of all fire fighting operations. The resultis that more than 100,000 injuries occur to fire fighters eachyear. Emergency Incident Risk Management shows fire chiefs, fireofficers, safety officers, and risk managers for the first timeanywhere how to develop and implement a comprehensive riskmanagement program that can sharply reduce on-the-job fatalities,injuries, and harmful exposures while minimizing property andequipment damage. Expanding on the information presented in theNational Fire Protection Association 1500 Handbook, this thoroughguide covers every phase of effective risk management fromassigning roles and preplanning, through all the steps in a solidrisk management plan, to handling actual emergency incidents. Withthe help of illuminating examples, Emergency Incident RiskManagement demonstrates how to:
* analyze accident, injury, and illness data
* identify and evaluate risk
* establish risk management priorities
* formulate and implement sound risk control measures
* monitor and fine-tune the risk management program
* incorporate risk management into an incident managementsystem
* use and maintain proper personal protective equipment
Further, the book addresses federal standards that safetyadministrators must observe, providing crucial complianceinformation on OSHA s regulations covering bloodborne pathogens,confined spaces, respiratory protection, and hazardous wasteoperations and emergency response in addition to the NFPAstandards. The book, in fact, is so complete it even covers how toutilize cost/benefit analysis to ensure effective risk managementdecision making. Written by a longtime certified safetyprofessional and an experienced fire officer, Emergency IncidentRisk Management should be regularly consulted by every professionalwho administers or operates corporate, municipal, military, orprivate emergency response programs. 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. Jonathan D. Kipp, CSP, is the Loss Prevention Manager forCompensation Funds of New Hampshire, where he directs the deliveryof risk management, safety, and health consulting services topublic sector organizations. For several years, he served as a lossprevention manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He is acontributing author to the NFPA 1500 Handbook and the creator ofseveral risk management products and training programs.

Murrey E. Loflin is a Captain and the Safety Officer at the BeachFire Department. 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 data
• identify and evaluate risk
• establish risk management priorities
• formulate and implement sound risk control measures
• monitor and fine-tune the risk management program
• incorporate risk management into an incident management system
• use and maintain proper personal protective equipment

Further, 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.