Chapter 296-305 WAC Safety Standards for Fire …

1 Chapter 296-305 WAC. Safety Standards for fire Fighters _____. Chapter 296-305 WAC. Safety Standards for fire Fighters (Form Number 414-036-000). LAST UPDATED 02/03/2017. This book contains rules for Safety Standards for fire fighters, as adopted under the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 ( Chapter RCW). DATE: The new issue date of this book is February 2017. A brief promulgation history, set within brackets at the end of each section, gives statutory authority, administrative order of promulgation, and date of adoption of filing. TO RECEIVE E-MAIL UPDATES: Sign up for our Listserv at TO PRINT YOUR OWN PAPER COPY OR TO VIEW THE RULE ONLINE: Go to TO REQUEST A HARDCOPY: E-mail your mailing address and book request to: DOSH CONTACT INFORMATION: Physical address: 7273 Linderson Way, Tumwater, WA 98501-5414, located off I-5 Exit 101 south of Tumwater.

2 Mailing address: DOSH Standards and Information, PO Box 44810, Olympia, WA. 98504-4810. Information telephone number is 1-800-4 BESAFE. Also available on the DOSH web site: DOSH Core Rules DOSH Regional Directives (DRD's). Other General DOSH Rules DOSH Interim Operations and Industry and Task-Specific Rules Interpretive Memoranda (DIOIM). Proposed Rules and Hearings Memoranda of Understanding (MOU). Newly Adopted Rules and New Rule Information Chapter 296-305 WAC. Safety Standards for fire Fighters _____. Chapter 296-305 WAC. Safety Standards FOR FIREFIGHTERS. LAST UPDATED 02/03/2017.

3 WAC Page 296-305 -01001 Foreword. 1. 296-305 -01003 Scope and application. 1. 296-305 -01005 Definitions. 2. 296-305 -01007 Variance and procedure. 13. 296-305 -01501 Injury and illness reports for firefighters. 13. 296-305 -01503 Accident/incident investigation. 14. 296-305 -01505 Accident prevention program. 14. 296-305 -01507 fire department health and Safety officer. 15. 296-305 -01509 Management's responsibility. 16. 296-305 -01511 Employee's responsibility. 17. 296-305 -01513 Safe place Standards . 17. 296-305 -01515 First-aid training and certification. 18. 296-305 -01517 First-aid kits.

4 18. 296-305 -02001 Personal protective equipment and protective clothing. 19. 296-305 -02002 Structural firefighting clothing (SFF). 20. 296-305 -02004 Protection ensemble for structural firefighting. 20. 296-305 -02012 Body Armor. 22. 296-305 -02017 Personal alert Safety system (PASS) protection. 23. 296-305 -02019 Life Safety ropes, harnesses, and hardware protection. 23. 296-305 -02501 Emergency medical protection. 24. 296-305 -03002 Hazardous materials. 26. 296-305 -04001 Respiratory equipment protection. 27. 296-305 -04501 Automotive fire apparatus design and construction. 30. 296-305 -04503 Automotive fire apparatus equipment.

5 30. 296-305 -04505 Automotive apparatus operational rules. 31. 296-305 -04507 fire apparatus maintenance and repair. 32. 296-305 -04510 Aerial apparatus. 32. 296-305 -05000 Incident management. 34. 296-305 -05002 fire suppression. 36. 296-305 -05004 Occupational exposure to heat and cold stress. 38. 296-305 -05013 Aircraft rescue and firefighting. 40. 296-305 -05101 Technical rescue general requirements. 40. 296-305 -05103 Technical rescue training. 41. 296-305 -05105 Technical rescue standard operating procedures. 41. 296-305 -05107 Technical rescue incident response planning. 41. 296-305 -05109 Technical rescue equipment.

6 42. 296-305 -05111 Technical rescue Safety . 42. 296-305 -05113 Technical rescue operational specialties. 43. 296-305 -05502 Training and member development. 47. 296-305 -06001 fire service equipment. 52. 296-305 -06003 Testing fire service equipment. 53. 296-305 -06006 Ground ladders. 53. 296-305 -06008 Electrical. 54. 296-305 -06501 Requirements for fire department facilities. 56. 296-305 -06503 General requirements. 56. 296-305 -06505 Sanitation, disinfection, cleaning, and storage areas. 58. Page i Chapter 296-305 WAC. Safety Standards for fire Fighters _____. WAC Page 296-305 -06507 Sleeping areas.

7 59. 296-305 -06509 Apparatus areas. 59. 296-305 -06511 Indoor air quality. 59. 296-305 -06513 Refueling areas. 60. 296-305 -06515 Hose drying towers. 60. 296-305 -06517 Drill tower training facilities. 60. 296-305 -06519 fire station equipment and tools. 61. 296-305 -07001 Wildland fire operations. 61. 296-305 -07002 Wildland fire personnel accountability. 61. 296-305 -07004 Heat-related illness prevention for wildland firefighters. 62. 296-305 -07006 Equipment for wildland firefighting. 63. 296-305 -07008 Aircraft operations for fighting wildland fires. 63. 296-305 -07010 Training for wildland firefighting.

8 63. 296-305 -07012 Personal protective clothing and equipment for wildland firefighting. 64. 296-305 -07014 Apparatus Standards for wildland firefighting. 65. 296-305 -07016 Falling and equipment in forest lands. 66. 296-305 -07018 Occupant restraints and enclosures for wildland firefighting. 69. 296-305 -08000 Appendices. 70. 296-305 -08000 Appendix B-Life Safety ropes. 70. 296-305 -08000 Appendix C-Decontamination. 71. 296-305 -08000 Appendix D-Guidelines for Managing Two-in/Two-out. 73. 296-305 -08000 Appendix E-Standard apparatus operation communications. 77. Page ii Chapter 296-305 WAC.

9 Safety Standards for fire Fighters _____. WAC 296-305 -01001 Foreword. These firefighter Safety and health Standards were adopted by the department of labor and industries in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) of 1973 ( Chapter 49 ), with recommendations from the fire service advisory committee. The purpose of this Chapter is to assist employers and employees in the reduction of work related injuries and illnesses. In addition to providing an enforceable set of Safety and health Standards for the fire protection services, it is the intent of the department that the provisions of this Chapter be used to assist both employers and employees in achieving the safest workplace reasonably attainable under the conditions to which employees are or will be exposed.

10 [Statutory Authority: RCW , [ ].050 and [ ].060. 96-11-067, 296-305 -01001, filed 5/10/96, effective 1/1/97]. WAC 296-305 -01003 Scope and application. (1) The rules of this Chapter shall apply with respect to any and all activities, operations and equipment of employers and employees involved in providing fire protection services which are subject to the provisions of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 ( Chapter RCW). (2) The provisions of this Chapter apply to all firefighters and their work places, including the fire combat scene. Although enforcement of applicable Standards will result from provable violations of these Standards at the fire combat scene, agents of the department will not act in any manner that will reduce or interfere with the effectiveness of the emergency response of a firefighting unit.