Understand the qualifications and responsibilities of fire department safety officers with NFPA 1521.

Updated to reflect the current best practices in fire department organization and position appointments, the 2008 NFPA 1521 addresses all the qualifications and functions of both a health and safety officer and an incident safety officer.

Changes in the 2008 NFPA 1521 for health and safety officer (HSO) include:

Added requirement for the HSO to be aware of the requirements in NFPA 1403: Live Fire Training Evolutions, to be involved all live fire training pre-burn inspections, and to ensure supervision is provided for actual live fire training
Requirement that the HSO have the authority to attend fires and investigate accidents, injuries, and near misses
Deleted requirement that an HSO be a fire department officer or meet the requirements of NFPA 1021

Revisions for incident safety officer (ISO) include:

ISO no longer needs to be a fire department officer, but must meet the requirements of NFPA 1021, Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications, Level 1.
Requirement that the ISO have knowledge of fire science and behavior, and be able to predict hostile fire events
Addition requirements concerning ISO response to pre-designated incidents
New Annex detailing how the ISO should write a post-incident analysis (PIA) report
New Annex with examples of forms for ISO use at the incident scene

Definitions used in the Standard were revised for consistency with other NFPA® health and safety standards.

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4	2.1 General 2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications 2.2 NFPA Publications
7	Chapter 1 Administration Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Application 1.3 Application 1.4 Equivalency 1.4 Equivalency Chapter 2 Referenced Publications Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 2.3 Other Publications 2.3 Other Publications 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections 2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections Chapter 3 Definitions Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.1 General
8	3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions 3.3 General Definitions
10	Chapter 4 Organization Chapter 4 Organization 4.1 Assignment of the Health and Safety Officer 4.1 Assignment of the Health and Safety Officer 4.2 Qualifications of the Health and Safety Officer 4.2 Qualifications of the Health and Safety Officer 4.3 Authority of the Health and Safety Officer 4.3 Authority of the Health and Safety Officer 4.4 Assignment of the Incident Safety Officer 4.4 Assignment of the Incident Safety Officer 4.5 Qualifications of the Incident Safety Officer 4.5 Qualifications of the Incident Safety Officer 4.6 Authority of the Incident Safety Officer 4.6 Authority of the Incident Safety Officer
11	Chapter 5 Functions of the Health and Safety Officer Chapter 5 Functions of the Health and Safety Officer 5.1 Risk Management 5.1 Risk Management 5.2 Laws, Codes, and Standards 5.2 Laws, Codes, and Standards 5.3 Training and Education 5.3 Training and Education 5.4 Accident Prevention 5.4 Accident Prevention 5.5 Accident Investigation, Procedures, and Review 5.5 Accident Investigation, Procedures, and Review
12	5.6 Records Management and Data Analysis 5.6 Records Management and Data Analysis 5.7 Apparatus and Equipment 5.7 Apparatus and Equipment 5.8 Facility Inspection 5.8 Facility Inspection 5.9 Health Maintenance 5.9 Health Maintenance 5.10 Liaison 5.10 Liaison 5.11 Occupational Safety and Health Committee 5.11 Occupational Safety and Health Committee
13	5.12 Infection Control 5.12 Infection Control 5.13 Critical Incident Stress Management 5.13 Critical Incident Stress Management 5.14 Post-Incident Analysis 5.14 Post-Incident Analysis Chapter 6 Functions of the Incident Safety Officer Chapter 6 Functions of the Incident Safety Officer 6.1 General Functions of the Incident Safety Officer 6.1 General Functions of the Incident Safety Officer 6.2 Fire Suppression 6.2 Fire Suppression
14	6.3 Emergency Medical Service Operations 6.3 Emergency Medical Service Operations 6.4 Technical Rescue 6.4 Technical Rescue 6.5 Hazardous Materials Operations 6.5 Hazardous Materials Operations 6.6 Accident Investigation and Review 6.6 Accident Investigation and Review 6.7 Post-Incident Analysis 6.7 Post-Incident Analysis Annex A Explanatory Material Annex A Explanatory Material
20	Annex B Safety Officer’s Post-Incident Analysis Report Annex B Safety Officer’s Post-Incident Analysis Report
21	Annex C Sample ISO Incident Checklists Annex C Sample ISO Incident Checklists
41	Annex D Informational References Annex D Informational References
42	Index Index