Question: What is the Personal Theme Worksheet in the #7600 class and how is it to be used?

Answer:

A major theme of the Disaster Site Worker Course #7600 is to "enable Disaster Site Workers to recognize that they have a responsibility to make decisions and choices that will positively affect their personal health/safety and that of others at the site."

A "Personal Theme Worksheet" is provided to students in the #7600 course for them to record, at the end of each lesson, one or more actions related to the lesson content that they personally can take to protect themselves and others. Answers will be discussed at the end of the course.

Some possible entries on a student's worksheet might be:
For the Incident Command Lesson:

• -- "I need to check in and out of a disaster site so the Command can keep track of who is on site when making safety decisions."
• -- "It is my responsibility to report hazards up the chain of command so they can be dealt with and not endanger myself or my co-workers."

For the Respiratory Protection Lesson:

• -- "Wearing the respirator provided will protect my own health."

For the Decontamination Lesson:

• -- "It is my responsibility to change out of my work clothes or protective equipment before going home to my family."