Lesson 3: Agricultural Incidents – Emergency Response
Learning Outcome
Raising awareness among your colleagues about the difference between emergencies that happen often but are not usually very dangerous, and emergencies that are rare but can be very dangerous, is crucial. Knowing this helps improve safety and how well you can respond to these situations.
After completing Lesson 3, you will be able to do the following:
- Compare low-frequency/high-risk and high-frequency/low-risk events.
- Match the challenges present in agricultural emergency response to the appropriate steps on the Workplace Rescue Life Cycle.
Directions: Before discussing high risk and low frequency events, let’s review how the risk assessment matrix helps prioritize training, resources, and safety. Watch how firefighter Ted explains this concept. Press the play button to watch the video.
Slide Presentation: Select the arrow button below to view each slide. This presentation discusses agricultural incidents.
Card Flip Activity: Each card has an image and question related to the risk and frequency of an event.
- Read the question carefully and decide whether the activity shown is:
- High Risk / High Frequency
- High Risk / Low Freqency
- Low Risk / High Frequency
- Low Risk / Low Frequency
- Once you feel confident in your answer, press the Turn button to flip the card and see if you were correct.
Directions: Press the play button to watch the video.
Ungraded Knowledge Check: Select the correct answer in the multiple choice question below.
Slide Presentation: Select the arrow button below to view each slide. This presentation discusses the 10-step Rescue Life Cycle.
Ungraded Knowledge Check: Select the correct answer in the multiple choice question below.
Slide Presentation: Select the arrow button below to view each slide. This presentation explains the roles and responsibilities for agricultural incidents.
Recognizing that agricultural incidents don’t happen often but can be very dangerous helps us pinpoint the unique challenges they present. This allows us to take proactive steps to train, pre-plan, and ultimately, respond more safely and effectively when these calls come in.
It’s all about making sure you go home safe after every call and giving the people you serve the best possible chance for a positive outcome.
It’s time for the Module 1 quiz. Let’s see what we’ve learned.