ORM Terms
A condition with the potential to cause illness, injury, death, property damage, or mission degradation.
What is a hazard?
ASAP
What is Aviation Safety Awareness Program?
In this level of ORM time is not a factor, and thorough research and analysis is required for a successful mission or task.
What is In-Depth ORM?
This is the first step of ORM.
What is "Identify Hazards"?
The degree of injury, illness, property damage, loss of asset (time, money, personnel) or effect on mission or task.
What is Severity?
HAZREP
What is Hazard Report?
At this ORM level there is little or no time to make a plan.
What is Time-Critical ORM?
This is the second step of ORM.
What is "Assess Hazards"?
The likelihood that an accident will occur, given exposure to a hazard.
What is probability?
SA
This is the first principle of ORM and weighs risks against the benefits and value of the mission to maximize success.
What is "Accept risk when the benefits outweigh the Cost?"
This is the third step of ORM.
What is "Make Risk Decisions"?
A possible loss expressed in terms of severity and probability.
What is a risk?
TCORM
What is Time-Critical ORM?
This is the second principle of ORM, and involves any risk that will not positively contribute to the mission /task, or will jeopardize personnel or equipment.
What is "Accept no unnecessary Risk?"
This is the fourth step of ORM.
What is "Implement Controls"?
Actions taken or measures put in place to eliminate a hazard or reduce the identified risks.
What are controls?
PBED
This is the last principle of ORM, and allows personnel to decide to mitigate/accept the risk, or elevate the decision to the next level in the chain of command.
What is "Make risk decisions at the right level?"
This is the fifth step of ORM.
What is "Supervise"?
This is the Mishap Classification of our most recent squadron Mishap.
What is Class "C"?