15698303, 69A-62.024 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 15698303

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division:

Division of State Fire Marshal

Chapter:

FIREFIGHTER EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Overview

RULE:

69A-62.024

Standards for Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Firefighter Employee Places of Employment and the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Fire Apparatus

PURPOSE:

Paragraph 633.508(7)(a), F.S., authorizes the Division to prescribe by rule the safety devices, safeguards, or other means of protection that must be adopted for the prevention of accidents and injuries in every firefighter employee place of employment. The Division is also authorized to determine what suitable devices, safeguards, or other means of protection for the prevention of occupational diseases must be adopted or followed in any firefighter place of employment. Paragraph 633.508(7)(b), F.S., requires the Division to adopt rules that fix reasonable standards for the construction, repair, and maintenance of firefighter employee places of employment so as to render them safe.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule will require a firefighter employer to follow the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code when constructing, altering, or repairing a fire department facility. A firefighter employer shall maintain fire department facilities in accordance with the Florida Fire Prevention Code. The rule will also require a firefighter employer to: have a written policy to maintain places of employment in a safe working condition and provide prompt correction of any safety or health hazard or code violation; inspect places of employment at least quarterly for safety and health hazards; designate firefighter employee places of employment as tobacco free; take steps to prevent the exposure of living and sleeping areas to exhaust emissions; have a written policy that prohibits contaminated components of the protective ensemble from being allowed in sleeping and living areas; have a written infection control policy if it provides emergency medical services; and have a written policy that has a schedule for the maintenance, inspection and testing of fire apparatus.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

633.508(7) FS

LAW:

633.508(7), 633.520, 633.522 FS

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

2/20/2015 Vol. 41/35

COMMENTS:

From 2/20/2015 To 3/13/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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