Florida Administrative Code › 69 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES › 69A - Division of State Fire Marshal › Chapter 69A-37 - FIREFIGHTERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Section 69A-37.501 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The following terms will have these
				meanings for purposes of Rules
				 69A-37.501 and
				 69A-37.502, F.A.C.:
(a) "Combination fire department" means a
				fire service provider utilizing a combination of volunteer and career
				firefighters to provide fire extinguishment or fire prevention services for the
				protection of life and property.
(b) "Volunteer fire department" means a fire
				service provider utilizing only volunteer firefighters to provide fire
				extinguishment or fire prevention services for the protection of life and
				property.
(c) "Grantee" means the
				recipient of the grant award from the Division of State Fire Marshal. The
				grantee shall be the fire service provider organized and operating in the State
				of Florida as a volunteer fire department or combination fire
				department.
(d) "Fire service
				provider" means a municipality or county, the state, the Division, or any
				political subdivision of the state, including authorities and special
				districts, that employs firefighters or uses volunteer firefighters to provide
				fire extinguishment or fire prevention services for the protection of life and
				property. The term includes any organization under contract or other agreement
				with such entity to provide such services.
(e) "NFPA" means the National Fire Protection
				Association.
(f) "Personal
				protective equipment" (PPE) means the firefighter personal protective
				equipment, including structural firefighting protective ensembles and
				individual ensemble elements that complies with
				NFPA® 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and
				Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity
				Fire Fighting (2020 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference. For
				purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, one set of PPE includes
				the following:
1. One coat;
2. One pair of pants;
3. One helmet;
4. One pair of gloves;
5. Two protective hoods;
6. One faceshield or goggles;
7. One pair of footwear; and,
8. One pair of
				suspenders.
(g)
				"Self-contained breathing apparatus" (SCBA) means the breathing apparatus that
				complies with the NFPA® 1852, Standard on
				Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing
				Apparatus (SCBA) (2019 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
				SCBA issued under this grant program must have automatic-on or integrated
				personal alert safety system (PASS) devices. For purposes of the Firefighter
				Assistance Grant Program, one SCBA set includes the following:
1. Two high pressure tanks;
2. One pressure regulator;
3. One face mask;
4. One personal alarm device; and,
5. One SCBA harness.
(h) "Pumper fire apparatus" means a vehicle
				designed to be used by a fire service provider under emergency conditions to
				transport personnel and equipment and to support the suppression of fires and
				mitigation of other hazardous situations. This definition does not include
				aerial devices. For purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, this
				apparatus shall fully comply with Chapter 5 of the
				NFPA® 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire
				Apparatus (2016 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
(i) "Thermal imager" means a special
				electronic equipment that creates a picture based on the heat produced by a
				person or object and that complies with NFPA®
				1801, Standard on Thermal Imagers for the Fire Service (2021 Edition), which is
				hereby incorporated by reference.
(j) "Gas monitor" means a direct-reading,
				portable instrument designed to detect hazardous gases and vapors, including,
				oxygen, combustible gas, and a variety of toxic components or volatile organic
				compounds.
(k) "Powered rescue
				tool" means a rescue tool that receives power from the power unit component and
				generates the output forces or energy used to perform one or more of the
				functions of spreading, lifting, holding, crushing, pulling, or
				cutting.
(l) "Wildland fire
				fighting and urban interface fire fighting protective clothing and equipment"
				means items of compliant protective clothing and equipment products that
				provide protection from some risk, but not all risk, of wildland and urban
				interface fire fighting. Such protective clothing and equipment shall be
				compliant with NFPA® 1977, Standard on
				Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting and Urban
				Interface Fire Fighting (2022 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by
				reference. For the purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, one
				set of wildland fire fighting and urban interface fire fighting protective
				clothing and equipment includes the following:
1. One face/neck shroud;
2. One pair of footwear;
3. One goggle;
4. One helmet;
5. One long-sleeve shirt;
6. One pair of trousers;
7. One pair of work gloves; and
8. One fire shelter.
9. One one-piece garment may be purchased in
				lieu of the long-sleeve shirt and trousers.
(m) "Division" means the Division of State
				Fire Marshal.