Training Safety Officer (TSO) Program

Public safety work is dangerous enough as police offers and firefighters routinely bring 控制 and order to chaos in the 场 — but now injuries are also on the rise for them in 培训.

这个问题

Training injuries to public safety responders are on the rise both nationally and in Minnesota. The 明尼苏达城市联盟 保险信托 (LMCIT) data show that a significant percent of firefighter and police officer workers’ compensation injuries occur during 培训.

除了受伤本身, both the department and the injured have to deal with the “the rest of the iceberg” of an injury: covering shifts, 轻型, 人员的压力, 潜在re-injury, 管理时间, 更高的溢价, 医疗和治疗预约, 物理退化, and even disconnect from the department.

一个潜在的解决方案

So how can your city reduce 培训 injuries? Consider the Training Safety Officer (TSO) program. The 明尼苏达城市联盟 保险信托 (LMCIT) has partnered with police and fire departments across the state to develop this program — a low-cost way of building on the 控制 that exists in 培训 to make it safer without watering down good 培训.

This program recommends that departments implement a safety officer assignment when engaged in active 培训. The TSO’s role in 培训 is very similar to the air场 控制 tower. TSO提供监督, 控制, and guidance while working with the instructor to ensure that all trainees have a professional and safe experience with reduced injuries.

There are six major components to the TSO program:

  1. 规划会议 — the 培训 instructor and TSO integrate the safety plan into the 培训 lesson plan.
  2. 安全计划 — this plan outlines specific safety concerns for the 培训 and identifies ahead of time the areas that could potentially produce safety problems or injuries.
  3. 现场视察及设置 — the TSO inspects the 培训 site for areas of safety concern, setting up protective 培训 equipment and having emergency medical equipment available.
  4. 安全简报 — the TSO briefs 培训 participants on the specific safety guidelines for that 培训. (See sample briefings under the heading “稳定的十大彩票网站: Templates and Scripts.”)
  5. 训练 — the TSO observes the entire 培训 session, provides overall situational awareness, watches for compliance with the safety plan, and keeps an eye on the pre-identified areas for potential safety issues.
  6. Clean-up, Check-in, and Documentation — the TSO makes a final check-in with the trainees and instructor to address any injuries or “near misses,，并提供一份报告供审查.

These six steps provide a framework to build upon as police and fire departments plan their own 培训 sessions to address their individual department’s needs.

稳定的十大彩票网站

培训脚本:

Review Prior to and During Training:

对TSO项目的反馈

“We were doing some of this already, but the TSO program gave us a model to take it to a new and higher level. Because we expose our paid-on-call firefighters to more risk and danger than they ever face in their normal lives, we need to make it as safe as possible — and it needs to start with their 培训. We have now taken the TSO program further, requiring the safety officer for all 培训s and color-coding the level of risk and danger associated with that 培训. We are seeing a significant increase in firefighters’ situational awareness; we believe in the TSO program.”
——jerry Streich，安多弗消防队长

“这是一个很棒的项目. While risk is part of the job, these 培训 injuries are preventable. We knew some of this, but implementing the TSO program is a leap forward. Because though we were starting to do some of this, the TSO program really formalized it and made it real. 这对我们很有用.”
-Jeff McCormick, Cannon Falls 警察 Chief