NFPA 1500-2018 Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety Health and Wellness Program (Effective Date 08 21 2017).pdf

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32、partment Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health. It was issued by the Standards Cou

33、ncil on August 1, 2017, with an effective date of August 21, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 1500 was approved as an American National Standard on August 21, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 1500 The rst edition of NFPA 1500 was published in 1987 as there was no

34、consensus standard for an occupational safety and health program for the re service. Fire service organizations were being increasingly subject to regulations that were developed for general industry and that did not provide for many of the specic needs and concerns of an organization involved in th

35、e delivery of emergency services. The direct line-of-duty deaths were being documented and reported, but there was also a growing concern with the number of re ghters who were suffering disabling injuries or developing occupational diseases that often had debilitating or fatal consequences. Followin

36、g the rst edition, revised editions were published in 1992, 1997, and 2002. For the 2007 edition, the technical committee, working from data provided from NFPAs Data Analysis and Research Division and NIOSH Fire Fighter Investigation reports, carefully reviewed the entire document including the asso

37、ciated annex material and updated many areas to reect current best practices. Requirements were reorganized in some areas to make the document more user friendly. Among the changes made were revising the section on risk management and adding additional explanation in the annex. A new section on appo

38、intment of a health and safety ofcer was added, and sections that duplicated the responsibilities of the health and safety ofcer in NFPA 1521 were removed. Chapter 5 was reorganized and revised to reect not only the need of members to have skill and knowledge in performing their day-to-day tasks but

39、 also the need for ongoing professional development. In Chapter 6, requirements and annex material were added to support improved vehicle response operations with an emphasis on safe arrival at the scene. Requirements for providing and using protective ensembles appropriate for technical rescue oper

40、ations and chemical and biological terrorism incidents that went into the 2002 edition as a TIA were updated and incorporated, as were other requirements for personal protective ensembles. New sections on trafc incidents, establishing control zones, and tness for duty evaluations were added. For the

41、 2013 edition, the committee updated many of the references and referenced materials within this document to ensure consistency between this document and other projects. Some of those other projects are PPE, re department apparatus, and respiratory protection. The committee included new requirements

42、 for the training, use, and limitations of PPE. The committee also developed new requirements to include not only the ensemble but also ensemble elements, which would include anything that has been added to the ensemble as part of the requirements. The cleaning and care of PPE as well as station/wor

43、k uniforms was also addressed with new or updated requirements. For re department apparatus, the committee brought the related requirements within this document in line with those requirements contained within the respective projects. Some issues that were addressed were the inclusion of a vehicle d

44、ata recorder (VDR) and a driver trainingFIRE DEPARTMENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS PROGRAM 1500-2 2018 Edition program and requirements, as well as requirements for the wearing of helmets within an enclosed cab. Another issue that had been cropping up due to some recent events was tha

45、t of unintentional hose deployments while the re department apparatus was driving on roadways. The committee developed text to ensure that the re department took steps to ensure that this would not happen. The committee also looked at the issue of buddy breathing as it relates to SCBS use and develo

46、ped cleaner text around the use of a buddy breathing system. The committee also included new requirements stressing the need for a risk assessment to be conducted at each and every incident based on the nature of the incident and to also recognize the need for specialized crew members based on that

47、incident. Another important update made in the 2013 edition was the use of the term “mayday” as a requirement when a re department member nds him- or herself in an emergency situation requiring immediate assistance. Lastly, the committee rewrote Chapters 11 and 12, both of which revolve around re gh

48、ter health and wellness and exposure to atypical stressful events. For the 2018 edition, the committee has made several signicant updates, including ruling out the approved use of external riding positions in wildland apparatus from Section 14.4 of NFPA 1906. The committee also chose to strengthen t

49、he language prohibiting riding on any external section of an apparatus and requiring all occupants to be seatbelted in vehicles. Also included is a section requiring the provision of appropriately tted ballistic protection for any department members who respond to and/or are exposed to risks during civil unrest, active shooter incidents, or similar events where there are reasonably foreseen threats. Language requiring unied command for the purpose of managing incidents has been revised and strengthened. The committee will be leaning on r