Safety
Officer Responsibilities
COMMON
RESPONSIBILITIES
The following responsibilities apply to all ICS
personnel:
a. Receive
assignment, notification, reporting location, reporting time, and travel
instructions from your home agency.
b. Upon arrival at the
incident, check in at designated check-in locations. Check-in locations may be
found at: Incident Command Post, Base or Camps, Staging Areas, Helibases,
Division Supervisors (for direct line assignments).
c. Agency
representatives from assisting or cooperating agencies report to Liaison
Officer at theCommand Post after checking in.
d. All
radio communications to Incident Communications Center will be addressed:
"(Incident Name) Communications".
e. Use
clear text and ICS terminology (no codes) in all radio transmissions.
f. Receive
briefing from immediate supervisor.
g. Acquire
work materials.
h. Organize,
assign, and brief subordinates.
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i. Complete forms
and reports required of the assigned position and send material through
supervisor to Documentation Unit.
i.
Ensure continuity using in/out briefings.
j.
Respond to demobilization orders.
k. Brief
subordinates regarding demobilization.
SPECIFIC
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Safety Officer is responsible
for monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe situations and developing
measures to assure personnel safety.
The Safety Officer will correct
unsafe acts or conditions through the regular line of authority, although the Safety Officer may exercise emergency
authority to prevent or stop unsafe acts when immediate action is required.
The Safety Officer maintains
awareness of active and developing situations.
The Safety Officer ensures the
Site Safety and Health Plan is prepared and implemented.
The Safety Officer ensures there
are safety messages in each Incident Action Plan.
Only one Safety Officer will be assigned for each incident,
including incidents operating under Unified Command and multi-jurisdiction
incidents. The Safety Officer may have assistants, as necessary, and the
assistants may also represent assisting agencies or jurisdictions.
a. During
initial response, document the hazard analysis process, hazard identification, exposure
assessment and controls.
b. Participate in planning meetings to identify any
health and safety concerns inherent in the operations daily workplan.
c. Review the
Incident Action Plan for safety implications.
d.
Exercise emergency authority to prevent or stop unsafe
acts.
e. Investigate
accidents that have occurred within incident areas.
f. Ensure
preparation and implementation of Site Safety and Health Plan (SSHP)
g. Assign
assistants and manage the incident safety organization.
h. Review and approve the Medical Plan (ICS 206).
·
Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS 214).
SAFETY
Assistant
Safety Officer
Team: Team
FUNCTIONS
OF THE SAFETY STAFF
Site Safety Officer Assistant:
a. Provide
assistance to the Safety Officer. Ensure
all Safety functions continue when the Safety Officer is attending
meetings.
Site Characterization and Monitoring:
a. Initial
on scene hazard assessment of the incident.
- Deploy
on scene immediately and report back to Safety Officer
b. Conduct
air monitoring and sampling of spilled oil on scene.
c. Provide
continuous air monitoring if necessary.
d. Ensure
workers are safely monitored by use of passive dosimeters.
e. Provide
heat or cold stress monitoring, using WBGT or other measuring device.
f. Provide
on scene fatigue monitoring for work-rest regimen recommendations.
Site Safety Plan
a. Draft
initial emergency response site safety plan.
Ensure copies get distributed as soon as possible to staging areas and
field personnel.
b. Receive
reports from Site Safety Enforcement Assistant and incorporate changes into the
site safety plan.
c. Ensure
site safety plan is completed in time to be incorporated into Incident Action
Plan.
d. Provide
safety messages for ICS form204, prior to the planning meeting. If site safety plan is completed, consider
inserting: “All personnel shall review site safety plan prior to commencement
of operations.”
e. Review
Medical Plan 206 and forward to the Safety Officer for signature.
f. Review
Incident Action Plan. Ensure plan
provisions are in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.120. Review HAZWOPER Compliance Checklist to
ensure requirements met.
Site Safety Enforcement:
a. Enforce
site safety plan on scene.
b. Use
site safety enforcement log and ensure completion in time for updating new site
safety plan for next operational period.
c. Terminate
all imminently dangerous operations immediately. For other non-time critical safety hazards
contact the Safety Officer for termination guidance.
d. Attend
morning field safety briefings at Staging Areas and assembly points to ensure
site safety plan was covered.
e. Keep
workers, supervisors and the Safety Officer informed often.