Safety Officer

Responsibilities

Organization

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• Review common responsibilities.
• Determine need for additional staff, organize, brief & assign assistants.
• Identify hazardous situations associated with the incident.
• Brief Command on safety issues and concerns.
• Exercise emergency authority to stop or prevent observed/reported unsafe acts.
• Develop and publish the Form 201-5 Site Safety and Control Analysis.
• Review and approve the Form 206 Medical Plan.
• Ensure an incident-specific Form 208 Site Safety Plan is developed for the incident response that complies with local and national safety regulations.
• Develop and implement intervention measures to prevent unsafe acts.
• Review all applicable national, state, and local health and safety regulations.
• During initial response, document hazard analysis process addressing hazard identification, personal protective equipment, control zones, and decontamination area.
• Investigate accidents that have occurred within the incident area.
• Assign assistants and manage the incident safety organization.
• Assign safety specialist to the field and/or incident location to support, enforce, and manage safety plans & procedures including air monitoring support.
• Establish report/record accidents and mishap using organizations Incident Mishap Reporting Record.
• Use established methodologies to address operational risk management in the tactical planning process using the Form 215a Safety Analysis.
• Provide safety advice in the IAP for assigned responders via the safety message on each Form 204 Assignment List.
• Review the Incident Action Plan (IAP) for safety implications.
• Participate in the planning cycle meetings, and other meetings and briefings as required.
• Ensure contractors/volunteers know of and complete appropriate safety training.
• Determine need and assign assistant Technical Specialists (THSPs), as needed.
• Review, task or provide input (air, land and water) to the traffic control plan, if developed or required. 71
• The Site Safety Plan shall, at a minimum, address, include, or contain the following elements: - Health and safety hazard analysis for each site task or operation using the Work Safety Analysis Worksheet (Form 215A) as required. - Comprehensive operations work plan. - Personnel training requirements. - PPE selection criteria. - Site-specific occupational medical monitoring requirements. - Air monitoring plan: area/personal. - Site control measures. - Confined space entry procedures "only if needed". - Pre-entry briefings (tailgate meetings): initial and as needed.
• Coordinate /conduct daily tailgate safety briefing/pre-operations health and safety conference for all incident participants and field personnel.
• Participate in tactics meetings to identify any health and safety concerns inherent in the operations daily work plan.
• Ensure all required forms, reports, and documents are completed prior to demob.
• Have debriefing session with the IC prior to demobilization.
• Maintain Form 214a Individual Log and forward to Documentation Unit Leader (DOCL) for disposition.

Forms to Complete

Meetings to Attend