M.A.B.A.S. Division 20 Operational Guidelines, Procedures and Policies - 34

SUBJECT: SAFETY OFFICER - INCIDENT SCENE

DATE IMPLEMENTED: June 1, 1997 REVISED:

PURPOSE: To provide for the assignment of a Safety Officer to incidents of a box alarm or greater.

Each member department shall provide an incident scene officer for any incident requiring a box alarm or greater.

a. The Safety Officer may be assigned from within the

department handling the incident, or

b. The Safety Officer may be requested through NORCOM on the box card assignments.

In either case, an immediate and timely response is required by the assigned safety officer.

QUALIFICATIONS OF SAFETY OFFICER

1. Fire Department Safety Officer shall be certified by the Office o the State Fire Marshal's Division of Personnel Standards and Education as a Fire Officer 1 or the equivalent as stated in NFPA Standard 1521: 103 equivalency.

2. As provided in NFPA Standard 1521 A-2-1.2 and A-2-1.5, additional personnel may be needed to assure the availability of an incident scene officer. To accomplish this, several assistant safety officers per department may be needed. These assistant safety officers may assume the responsibilities of the incident scene safety officer.

3. Qualifications of an assistant safety office:

a. An assistant safety officer shall be certified by the Office of the State Fire Marshal's Division of Personnel Standards and Education as a Provisional Fire Officer 1 or the equivalent as stated in NFPA Standard 1521: 1-3 Equivalency.