Job description

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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.
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).

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Maintain Unit/Activity Log (ICS 214).
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.

1. 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.








Health and safety inspector : Job description

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Inspector of health and safety: Zameer

Health and safety inspectors work to protect people's health and safety by making sure risks in the workplace are properly controlled. They ensure employers comply with all aspects of health and safety laws and that workplaces are not the cause of ill health, injury or even death. They do this by inspecting business premises and investigating accidents, and through enforcement of the law.

Health and safety inspectors work mainly for The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) . They work either for a general team or specialise in a particular area, such as construction, forestry or hazardous goods.
Typical work activities

Work activities vary depending on the geographical location and specialism but generally include:
visiting various business and industrial premises to inspect processes and procedures and ensure good health and safety practice;
investigating accidents and complaints and determining if there has been a breach of health and safety law;
carrying out examinations of machinery, working environments and structures, taking measurements of noise, heat and vibrations, and taking photographs and samples where necessary;
ensuring workers are provided with suitable protective equipment, such as eye goggles, ear protectors or appropriate types of gloves and clothing;
investigating precautions taken to prevent industrial diseases;
investigating procedures for working in hazardous environments or with potentially harmful substances;
keeping up to date with new legislation and health and safety standards;
staying informed about developments within particular sectors, e.g. in agricultural or construction settings;
providing specialist advice and information on health and safety to businesses and organisations and advising on changes required;
negotiating with managers and operators to try to eliminate possible conflicts between safety considerations and production/profit;
writing reports on results of inspections and investigations and completing detailed paperwork;
determining when action (i.e. notices and/or prosecution) may be necessary and gathering and presenting the appropriate evidence;
developing health and safety working programmes and strategies;
developing methods to predict possible hazards drawn from experience, historical data and other appropriate information sources;
preparing for and presenting court cases if a decision is made to prosecute (this differs in Scottish law) and also appearing as a witness in court or at an employment tribunal;
providing training and educational support to employers and new/trainee employees.