FIRE 185   Occupational Safety and Health for Emergency Services* (3 Hours)

Prerequisites : Department approval.

This course introduces the basic concepts of occupational health and safety as it relates to emergency service organizations. Topics include risk and hazard evaluation and control procedures for emergency service organizations. This course provides a historical look at industrial safety and health and how history has impacted the emergency services by providing a safer work environment that reduces first responder deaths and injuries. Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services focuses on fire fighter health and safety and details how to stay safe and healthy in a high-risk environment. The class will include coverage of the “16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives” with emphasis on the positive impact these Initiatives can have when implemented. Case studies, review and discussion questions, on the latest research from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).