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• Process started February 2007
• Stakeholder committee established
– Groups represented
• Washington Fire Chiefs
• Washington State Fire Commissioner’s Association
• Washington Fire Fighter’s Association
• Washington State Council of Fire Fighters
• Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office
• Washington Contract Logger Association
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• Voting members
– Dave Daniels, Chief Woodinville Fire
– Don Fortier, Chief Grant County 3
– Ron McKiernan, Chief Bremerton Fire
– Wayne Howerton, Chief Spokane Valley Fire
– Dave Leitch, Chief West Valley Fire Yakima 12
– Dave Ellingson, Commissioner Poulsbo Fire
– Dr. Robert Barnard, Commissioner Thurston County 9
– Greg Borg, Captain Spokane Fire
– Jay Havner, LT Seattle Fire
– Frank Garza, Fire Marshall WSP
– Robert Jones, Fire Marshall WSP
– Eric Quitslund, Asst. Chief Clark County 6
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• Significant contributors
– Frank Brennan Seattle Fire
– Rick Kruckenberg, Port of Seattle Fire
– Don Sagendorf, Boeing Fire
– Tim Lively, Port of Spokane Airport FD
– T.J. Nedrow, Lacey FD #3
– Mark Peterson, Renton Fire
– Jim Hinton, WA Contract Loggers
– Jerry Bonagofsky, WA Contract Loggers
– Albert Kassel, WA DNR
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• Section 305-01005 Definitions
– Deletions:
• Aerial ladder, platform, and tower
• Audiogram, authorized, beacon
• Chemical protective clothing, confinement
• Deck pipe, engineering controls, fastest means
• Fire combat training, FD safety officer, foot stand
• Ground mobile attack, HEPA, line, manned station
• Monitor, mop up, place of employment, pre-fire training
• Signalman, staffed station, support function
• Universal precautions
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• Section 305-01005 Definitions
• Significant additions
– Aerial device, CBRN,
– Cold, warm, hot, and exclusionary zones
– Escape belt & rope, life safety harness I II III
– Health & Safety Officer, heat related illness
– Incident safety officer, known rescue, live fire
– Mayday, rehabilitation, standby firefighters
– Urban wildfire, vapor barrier clothing
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• Section 305-01503 Accident Investigation
– Replaced “accident” with “incident”
– Employee injury or illness investigation
• Section 305-01507 FD Health & Safety Officer
– Changed to clarify role
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• Section 305-01509 Management Resp.
– Safe place during nonemergency and
emergency
– “Rules of engagement”
– Capable to do assigned duties
– Physically demanding
– Licensed healthcare provider (LHCP) added
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• Section 305-02001 PPE and protective
clothing
– Clarified hazard assessment for PPE
– Proximity clothing NFPA updated
• Section 305-02002 Structural FF Clothing
– Moved updated to 1991 edition of NFPA 1971
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• Section 305-02004 Protective Ensemble for FF
– Combine 02003 through 02015
– Eye & Face Protection – clarifying note
– Hand protection – 2000 edition NFPA 1971
– Body protection
– Foot protection – 2007 edition NFPA 1971
– Head protection – 1987 edition NFPA 1972
purchase 2007 edition NFPA 1971
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• Section 305-02012 Body Armor
– Updated N.I.J. requirements 0101.04 or 0101.04A
– Updated to include recalled materials N.I.J. 0101.05
• Section 305-02017 Personal Alert Safety Sys.
– Clarifying for structural FF use
• Section 305-02019 Life Safety Ropes
– Updated to 2001 or 2006 edition of NFPA 1983
– Class III harness if can become inverted
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• Section 305-03002 Hazardous Materials
– Deleted overlapping requirements found in 296-
824 WAC Emergency Response
– Updated terminology to match NFPA
– Added CBRN to meet new FD duties
– Clarified SCBA exposure
– Updated year of reference texts
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• Section 305-04001 Respiratory Protection
– Updated to minimum 1997 edition NFPA 1981
– Removed reference to WAC 296-62 Part I-1
– Update CGA and NFPA air requirements
– Clarified where air sample taken
– Clarified qualitative or quantitative fit test
– Moved confined space requirements to that
section
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• Section 305-04501 Automotive Fire Apparatus
– Removed old NFPA references
– Updated to 2003 edition of NFPA 1901
– Updated 49 CFR Dates
– Added must secure equipment and hoses
– Added requirement to follow Title 46 RCW
• Section 305-4505 Automotive F A Operational
– Updated from “EVAP” to “EVIP”
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• Section 305-04507 F A maintenance and
repair
– Emergency vehicle technician, ASC certified,
manufacturer or factory qualified
– Suppression systems only
– Maintain and test apparatus per manufacturer’s
requirements
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• Section 305-04510 Aerial Apparatus
– Combined 04509 and 04511 into one section
– Updated requirements to 2003 edition NFPA 1901
– Updated candle power of spotlight
– Added sand under pads, outriggers
– Maintain according to 2002 edition NFPA 1911
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• Section 305-05000 Incident Management
– Presidential Directive requiring N.I.M.S. used
throughout U.S.
– Train on NIMS and ICS before responding
– ICS used during every emergency and drill
– Establish command post, risk assessment, action
plans
– Accountability tracking system
– Control zones must be used
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• Section 305-05000 Incident Management
– Hot zone PPE for potential hazards
– Exclusionary zone
– Personnel for rescue
– Clarified violence and unrest definition
– Protect from motor vehicles
– Personal flotation devices unless Firefighting
– No manipulating equipment until trained
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• Section 305-05000 Incident Management
– “Mayday” statewide term
– Radio terminology “Emergency traffic”
– Practice emergency traffic and Mayday situations
– Incident clock suggested
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• Section 305-05002 Fire Suppression
– Assess risk
– 2 in 2 out initial stages
– “Known Rescue” 2 in 1 out permissible
– 1 out may have other duties that don’t
jeopardized other FF in the hot zone safety
(No at least as effective as OSHA change)
– 2 crews in hot zone no longer initial stage
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• Section 305-05002 Fire Suppression
– SCBA used during overhaul
– Gross decontamination before removing PPE
– Post fire investigation using respiratory protection
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• Section 305-05013 Aircraft rescue and fire
fighting
– Required to meet 2008 edition of NFPA 402
– Both airport based or responding into to an
airport fire departments
– Fuselage added back into definition of a structure
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• Section 305-05101 Technical Rescue
– Combined all previous technical rescue sections
– Added general requirement for FD to select level
of response
– Selected highest standard for operations and
technician level 2009 edition NFPA 1670
– Requires training, procedures, safety
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• Section 305-05101 Technical Rescue
– Structural rescue
– Rope rescue – low & high angle
– Confined space rescue
– Machinery rescue
– Water rescue – still & swift & fire boat
– Trench & excavation rescue
– Mine & tunnel rescue
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• Section 305-05502 Member development
– Combined 05501 and 05503 into one section
– Proficiency cycle
– Trained on function, care, use/operation, inspection,
maintenance, and limitation of assigned equipment or
available for use
– Live fire training every 36 months
(New live fire definition)
– Structural safety for non-live fire training
– Asbestos requirements from WAC 296-62 Part I-1
– New table to assist training officers
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• Section 305-06003 Testing fire service
equipment
– Test fire service hose according to 2003 edition
NFPA 1962
– Moved life safety rope section to technical rescue
section and 305-02019
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• Section 305-06006 Ground ladders
– Incorporated old section updated to
appropriate NFPA
• Section 305-06008 Electrical
– Total update to comply with WAC 296-24
Part L
– Added classified area requirements
– Removed 12g requirement
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• Section 305-06503 FDF general requirements
– Fire poles now allowed if requirements implemented
– FD owned facilities with asbestos addressed
• Section 305-06505 Sanitation, disinfection, cleaning
– Contaminated or potentially contaminated not allowed in
non-work areas
• Section 305-06507 Sleeping areas
– Removed 3 years to comply from (1) relates to 1997
issuance
– Carbon monoxide detectors
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• Section 305-07001 Wildfire Operations
– New definitions urban wildfire and wildland fire
fighting
– Reorganized to address urban and then wildland
– Added timber falling and cat work in timber
– 07004 heat related illness complies with 296-62-
095
– 07006 clarified proper length for ballistic chaps
– 07008 added fixed and rotary wing leaves landing
zone up to IC to decide to set up.
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• Section 305-07001 Wildfire Operations
– 07010 (7) clarified first-aid and supplies
requirements can be found in 296-800 WAC
– 07012 PPE and clothing for wildland
– Updated to 2005 edition NFPA 1977
– Clarified where boot height is measured
– Updated to new generation fire shelter
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• Section 305-07001 Wildfire Operations
– 07016 Falling and Equipment in forest land
• 2 tree lengths
• Danger trees
• Training for fallers
• Faller equipment
• Cats with winches or drum-line
• Operator overhead and body protection
