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Firefighter guidance notes

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  •   Section 1: Apparatus and equipment 
    • 1-1 Fire apparatus occupant safety
    • 1-2 Apparatus inspections and maintenance program
    • 1-3 Backing fire apparatus
    • 1-5 Life safety rope and equipment
    • 1-6 Inspection of chains, webbing, wire rope and extrication tools
    • 1-7 Electrical equipment and cords
    • 1-8 Safety considerations for new fire apparatus
    • 1-9 SCBA air cylinder handling
  •   Section 2: Communications
    • 2-1 Incident command
    • 2-2 Crew integrity
    • 2-3 Radio communications
    • 2-4 Incident safety officer
    • 2-7 Reporting exposures to biological, chemical and physical agents
  •   Section 3: Environment
    • 3-1 Controlling exposure to diesel exhaust
    • 3-2 Asbestos
    • 3-3 Heat and cold stress
    • 3-4 Radiofrequency awareness
    • 3-5 Exposure to noxious weeds
    • 3-6 Polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) awareness
  •   Section 4: Personal protective equipment
    • 4-1 Firefighters protective equipment
    • 4-2 Eye protection
    • 4-4 Personal alert safety systems (PASS)
    • 4-7 Wildland fire fighting and personal protective equipment
    • 4-8 Care, maintenance, inspection and replacement of structural fire fighting personal protective equipment
    • 4-9 Respiratory protection program
    • 4-10 Hearing protection
    • 4-11 Fall protection from elevating devices
    • 4-13 Personal protection during fire investigation operations
    • 4-14 Infection prevention and exposure control practices
  •   Section 5: Personal accountability
    • 5-1 Firefighter accountability and entry control
    • 5-2 Working alone or in isolation
  •   Section 6: Procedures
    • 6-1 Hygiene and decontamination
    • 6-2 Fire fighting near water
    • 6-3 Water or ice related emergencies and training
    • 6-4 Rope rescue
    • 6-5 Confined space rescue
    • 6-6 Rapid fire progression
    • 6-7 Driving skills for emergency apparatus response
    • 6-8 Firefighter safety during lightning storms
    • 6-9 Hazardous materials/CBRNE response
    • 6-10 Traffic safety and control
    • 6-11 Rapid intervention teams (rescue)
    • 6-12 Rehabilitation during emergency operations
    • 6-14 Safe roof operations
    • 6-15 Medication and drug exposure
    • 6-16 Machinery/electrical lockout during emergency response
    • 6-17 Clandestine drug labs
    • 6-18 Unprotected lightweight building construction
    • 6-19 Hybrid/electric and electrical vehicle safety
    • 6-20 Electrical hazards in rescue and fire situations
    • 6-21 Aircraft fire fighting hazards
    • 6-22 Ventilation saws
    • 6-23 Safety during salvage and overhaul
    • 6-24 Building collapse during fire situations
    • 6-25 Safety considerations for fire department tankers
    • 6-26 Structural fire fighting – fire streams and ventilation
    • 6-27 Fires in industrial dust collectors, hoppers and bins
    • 6-28 Rescue from a collapsed trench
    • 6-29 Prevention of falls from fire apparatus
    • 6-30 Pesticide storage fires
    • 6-31 Agricultural silos
    • 6-32 Elevator rescue
    • 6-33 Hazards created by abandoned buildings
    • 6-34 Solar photovoltaic systems
    • 6-35 Wind turbines
    • 6-36 Limiting exposure to fire gases
    • 6-37 Active shooter hostile event response
    • 6-38 Carbon dioxide hazards
    • 6-39 Hydrogen sulphide chemical suicides
    • 6-40 Working at heights
    • 6-41 Safety around helicopters
    • 6-42 Training with artificial smoke
    • 6-43 SCBA air management and work cycles
    • 6-44 Hoarding conditions
    • 6-45 Pre-incident planning
    • 6-46 Structural collapse response
    • 6-47 Fire fighting hazards during liquified petroleum gas and/or liquified natural gas tank fires
  •   Section 7: Training
    • 7-1 Safe training
    • 7-3 Training plans
    • 7-4 Firefighter survival and self-rescue training
    • 7-5 Live fire training considerations for acquired structures
    • 7-6 Training centres
    • 7-7 Ground ladder training

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    1-1 Fire apparatus occupant safety

    1-2 Apparatus inspections and maintenance program

    1-3 Backing fire apparatus

    1-4 Archived

    1-5 Life safety rope and equipment

    1-6 Inspection of chains, webbing, wire rope and extrication tools

    1-7 Electrical equipment and cords

    1-8 Safety considerations for new fire apparatus

    1-9 SCBA air cylinder handling

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    Updated: December 19, 2023
    Published: February 19, 2019

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