Title: Define risk management.
Course: Firefighting I (15152-I) > Section: Practicing Safety

Definition should include

- risk management as the process of minimizing the chance, degree, or probability of damage, loss, or injury
- the situations in which a firefighter may or may not risk his/her own life for the protection and safety of others or of property
- a description of weighted risk
- the risk management plan as a requirement of the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) and local jurisdiction.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What could occur if a risk is too great?
- What is the relationship between risk and heroism?
- What can force firefighters to withdraw or terminate an operation?
- What is an accident? What is a preventable vs. nonpreventable accident?