Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 28
Fire team equipment 28 (1) The personal protective equipment that every employer with control over a workplace that is a marine installation or structure must provide to each of its employees, and any other individual at the workplace, who is tasked with fighting fires includes (a) a self-contained breathing apparatus with two full spare cylinders that (i) is selected and maintained in accordance with CSA Group standard Z94.4, Selection, use, and care of respirators , (ii) conforms to the design and performance requirements in National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 1981, Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services , and (iii) is equipped with a personal distress alarm device; (b) life safety ropes, belts and harnesses that conform to the design and performance requirements in National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 1983, Standard on Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services , with the provisions of that standard pertaining to flame resistance being read as mandatory; and (c) personal protective clothing — including boots, gloves, helmet and visor, coat and trousers — that conforms to the design and performance requirements in National Fire Protection Association Standard NFPA 1971, Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting . Other equipment (2) The employer must also provide, (a) to each employee referred to in subsection (1), (i) a portable electric safety lamp that can be easily attached to the employee’s clothing and will operate safely in anticipated conditions for at least three hours, and (ii) an axe with an insulated handle and carrying belt; and (b) to the fire team as a whole, at least two two-way portable radiotelephone apparatus that are designed not to produce any spark or other source of ignition. Alternative equipment (3) Despite subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a), if a workplace is a ship used for construction or diving or for geotechnical or seismic work, the employer may instead provide fire-fighter’s outfits that conform to the International Maritime Organization’s International Code for Fire Safety Systems . Quantity (4) The number of sets of equipment referred to in subsections (1) and (2) or fire-fighter’s outfits referred to in subsection (3), as the case may be, that the employer must provide at the workplace — and their sizing, if applicable — is to be determined having regard to the risk assessment carried out by the employer for the purpose of the occupational health and safety program. Minimums (5) Despite subsection (4), the number of sets of equipment or outfits, as the case may be, that the employer must provide is at least (a) four, if the workplace is a ship used for construction or diving or for geotechnical or seismic work; or (b) ten, in any other case. Equipment accessibility (6) The employer must ensure that the equipment provided in accordance with this section is kept ready for use and stored in a place that is easily accessible, with at least two sets of equipment or two outfits, as the case may be, being easily accessible from the helicopter deck, if any, of the marine installation or structure.