Dynamic Risk Assessment is defined as a process of assessing risk in developing and changing situations.

Identifying hazards and assessing risks are factors in being proactive in assessing risk in advance. Extra
training will be needed to make sure that the correct decisions are made, and the choices made should
be explained and justified. Those carrying out a dynamic risk assessment will need to be able to assess a
range of hazards and understand how to control them. For Example, propane drivers knowing the
hazards that are present during delivery of reaching their destination should plan for the worst-case
scenario.

Companies train their employees when it comes to any form of risk assessment. Some companies have
seminars that explain definitions of many objectives that will help give their workers a broader
understanding of possible risks and shows them what to do to prevent any major damage risks can
cause. Even though safety protocols are in place, there are margins for unexpected hazards like
pedestrians, vehicles could be a whole range of hazard present. Individuals need to know the dynamic
risks and what to do when an unexpected hazard presents itself.

The misinterpretation of the situation is very easily mistaken because information cannot always be
written down. Clear communication is needed in any dynamic risk assessments to make sure everyone
understands procedures and follows all guidelines and plans. Companies present their employees with
risk assessment scenarios and have the employees give their best description of how to prevent any
damage. Other companies do online simulators and at the end of each assessment, their employees
must take an exam to see what they learned.

Dynamic risk assessment is often used to cope with unknown risks and handling uncertainty. As cited in
the “Risk in Fire Service Operations” this allows for flexibility, continual assessment, and ever-changing
environments. Risk assessments are legally required for employees on a job or employees working for
themselves. “It is a legal requirement for every employer and self-employed person to make an
assessment of the health and safety risks arising out of their work.” If there are more than five
employees working on a job, it is the responsibility of the employer to record all risk assessment data for
future references so that employees can be consulted in the event of any accidents. This includes all
employees in your organization depending on the job titles, location of the job, or the determination of
job factors.

These risk assessments are not designed to make life difficult for any employee, they are there to make
life easier, and to prevent situations that are detrimental to the employees’ health and safety. Dynamic
risk assessment gives workers the tools to appropriately deal with hazardous situations as they arise and
know when to approach a situation differently when coming in contact with said risk. Companies revise
and add new policies because new risks are always increasing, multiplying, and causing more and more
danger for anyone. Most companies have head offices with boards of directors who create new policies.
These policies are passed down to the companies who in turn pass them down to employees to inform
them on the prevention options that will benefit the companies, the employees, and customers
regarding safety.

According to the article “Lessons from Fire Service Operations Risk in Fire Service Operations” a building
on fire could never be a safe place, but this situation seemed at the time to present an extremely limited
risk to the firefighters. Tackling house fires is not an everyday occurrence, but is certainly one that which
is regularly trained for, and would be considered at the center of the role of the fire service.
Consideration must be given for possible risks and what steps should be taken. A fire station has a
chemical factory on its ‘patch’. Fire station crews that are deployed ensure that they are familiar with its
layout and have knowledge of the chemicals and the processes. Periodic observation and data are is
necessary for information is recorded and access to risk information which will inform risk assessment.
Important alterations to the nature and level of risk in a particular area are to determine whether levels
of cover are appropriate. Data gathered over a period of years and feels into long term planning in terms
of the number and staffing of forestations and their locations.

Risk assessment is the political implication of changes to fire cover which have played some part in
industrial dispute in the UK Fire Service. A dynamic risk assessment will be carried out which would be
part of the formal risk assessment. Further long term approaches to risk are made by the continued fire
behavior, and, with advances in understanding about the nature of the information. Informed
assessment of risk posed by fire fore can be made. Type of knowledge will reduce uncertainty and
assists with the management of the dynamic risk experienced by operational command commander.

Safety concern should have been paramount of the conditions existing, so that action will be taken to
prevent the risks from happening again.’ Risk assessment is a powerful tool for informing, but not
dictating, decisions on the management of risk’ A particular course of action may involve exposure to
risk, not necessarily abandon a given course of action. Explore how the fire service uses formal risk
assessments to inform dynamic risk assessment. A dynamic risk assessment will be carried out which
would be informed by knowledge of the formal risk assessment.

Grimwood states, “Further long-term approaches to risk are made by the continued study of fire
behavior and, with advances in understanding about the nature of fire, more informed assessment of
risk posed by fire can be made.”
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Elliot, D. and Smith, D(1993b) Learning from Tragedy: Sports Stadia Disasters in the UK. Industrial and
Environmental Crisis Quarterly. Vol.7, No. 3, pp 205-30.

Grimwood, P. (1992) Fog Attack: Fire Fighting Strategy and Tactics-An International View. Redhill: FMJ.

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