SAFETY - INCIDENT PERSONNEL

Travel

-Vehicle

1. County and State Roads
2. Forest Roads
3. Use of Seat Belts
4. Dust/Visibility
5. Wildlife on and crossing roadway
6. Watch for walkers and children playing on roadways
7. Abandoned vehicles on or along narrow roadways
8. Limited vehicle parking areas

- Horse

1. use of horses around large crowds
2. Care and maintenance of horses and equipment

- ATVs

1. Training and experience
2. PPE
3. Off-road use

- Air

1. Rotary vs. Fixed-wing operations
2. Carded vs. non-carded
3. identification of LZs

- Foot

1. Proper footwear
2. Night Travel
3. Hazardous Areas
a. Dense Brush
b. Twigs and branch Stakes
c. Steep Slopes
d. Dense Timber Stands

Emergency Medical Service (EMS)

1 On and Off Site
2. Availability of local EMS Services
3. Distance to critical care facility

Health Issues

- Bloodborne Pathogens
1. HIV

- Respiratory Diseases
1. Pneumonia
2. Tuberculosis

- Bacterial Diseases
1. Shigellosis
2. Salmonellas

- Parasitic
1. Giardia
2. Head and Body Lice
3. Lyme's Disease

-Viral
1. Hepatitus A, B. C (fecal-oral)

Environmental

- Weather
1. Heat vs. Cold
2. Rain and Wind
3. Lightning
4. High Humidity

- Poisonous
1. Plants (poison ivy, poison sumac)
2. Insects (spiders, ticks)
3. Snakes

- Firearms
1. Security
2. Storage
3. Retention

- Dogs
1. Failure to control and restrain
2. Large amount of feces, fleas, ticks

- Infectious Hazards
1. Disposal of Needles

Travel

1. Congestion of roadways
2. Restricted use of road access
3. Use of roadway for walking or play area
4. Abandoned vehicles on or along narrow roadways
5. Oversize vehicles traveling or parking on narrow roads
6. Narrow roads and loose gravel, chuck holes
7. Lack of adequate parking

Environmental Issues

- Dogs
1. Stray and abandoned animals
2. Lack of proper vaccinations
3. Introduction of diseases into wildlife populations
4. Introduction of rabies from wildlife populations
- Garbage/Refuse
I. Large volume of garbage/refuse requiring disposal
2. Bears feeding on garbage in collection areas and food storage areas

Health Issues

- Water
1. Pollution of streams/lakes on site and downstream
2. Improper disposal of gray water

- Emergency Medical Services
1. Impact on local medical facilities/services

- Health Services
1. Impact on local mental health, social services, and welfare agencies

- Communicable Diseases
1. Possible increase in childhood diseases through exposure by unvaccinated children
2. Possible increase in sexually transmitted diseases

Private Land Inhholdings and Developments

1. Trespass issucs
2. Vandalisn/theft
3. Cultural conflicts
4. 0il and gas pipelines/leaks
S. Oil and gas storage tanks
6. Oil and gas surface and underground pipelines

Travel

- Vehicles
1. Congestion
2. Rough roads and visibility
3. Narrow roads, limited vehicle parking sites
4. Walking, children playing
5. Parking on pipeline roads and travel areas

Environmental Issue

- Dogs
1. Bites, diseases and sanitation
-Black Bears, raccoons
1. Bites, diseases and sanitation
-Camp sanitation
1. Disposal of gray water
2. Hand washing facilities
3. Potable water sources
4. Preparation and storage of food
-Garbage/Solid Waste
1. Proper disposal of garbage
2. Insects, rodents, and animal problems
-Human Waste/Hygiene
1. Failure to develop adequate number of toilet facilities and treatment methods
2. Failure to use developed toilet facilities or bury individual waste
3. Disposal of feminine hygiene products and condoms
4. Contamination of downstream water sources
-Weather
1. High humidity, wind, rain and lightning

Health Issues

1. Exposure to all classes of Communicable Diseases
2. Foodborne Illness
Biological Hazards
Bacteria, bacteria toxins, viruses, molds, parasites
Chemical Hazards
Oil tank storage, oil and gas pipelines
3. Poison ivy, Poison Sumac
4. Ticks/Lyme Disease
5. Rattlesnakes
6. Polluted drinking water (bacteria, Giardia, sulphur, iron)