Florida Administrative Code › 69 - DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES › 69A - Division of State Fire Marshal › Chapter 69A-37 - FIREFIGHTERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING › Section 69A-37.404 - Requirements for Live Fire Training for Certified Personnel

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Instructor in Charge (IIC) and the
				Safety Officer (SO) must each be certified as a Live Fire Training
				Instructor.
(2) Any other person
				identified as actually leading a crew inside a structure or in the immediate
				proximity of an exterior prop and immediately supervising such training
				operations must be a Certified "Live Fire Adjunct Trainer."
(3) Any person operating a backup hoseline is
				not required to be any kind of a certified instructor or certified
				trainer.
(4) Each firefighter,
				regardless of tenure, shall be trained to constantly identify hazards and
				alternative escape routes during interior fire suppression operations,
				inclusive of training exercises.
(5) Live fire training in any structure must
				include instruction of the student in planning for a secondary means of egress
				or escape in case of an unexpected fire condition change. Prior to live fire
				training drills, each firefighter must identify two means of egress or escape
				from each area. No fire room shall be used when there are not at least two
				separate means of egress or escape available.
(6) Any room with limited access shall not be
				used for live fire training instruction.
(7) Live fire used in training must not block
				the main or planned secondary exit of firefighters.
(8) Emergency ventilation must be planned to
				limit fire spread and improve habitability. Neither the primary nor secondary
				egress point is permitted to be used for normal room venting.
(9) Each window used as a secondary means of
				egress shall have clear access, with the glass and impedances such as frame
				cross members removed. Windows are permitted to be loosely boarded to allow
				ventilation and to be easily removed without tools from the inside or outside.
				No exterior obstruction shall impede egress.
(10) A safety team with a hoseline having
				sufficient flow, but with not less than a minimum of 95 GPM, to extinguish a
				fire involving the entire fire room must be in place to monitor the fire and
				the training personnel. The safety team shall at all times monitor the progress
				of the crew being trained.
(11)
				Training mannequins must be readily identifiable as such and shall not be
				dressed in structural firefighter protective clothing that is possible to
				confuse with the clothing of an actual firefighter.
(12) Thermal imaging equipment should be used
				to monitor fire conditions and the location of firefighters during fire
				training. Thermal imaging is a valuable tool for firefighter safety, for more
				rapid victim search and rescue, and for fire suppression operations in hostile
				structural fires.
(13) Every pumper
				or other unit equipped with a pump supplying hoselines during interior fire
				operations shall have an assigned qualified pump operator present at that unit
				in case immediate operational changes are necessary.
(14) All internal crews and command staff
				shall have working two way radio communications throughout the entire structure
				or hot zone prior to beginning any evolution. Operations shall be conducted on
				a dedicated radio channel that shall not be a channel used for dispatching or
				for any other use during live fire evolutions.
(15) The "two-in - two-out" rule shall at all
				times be in effect during any live fire training.
(a) A minimum of two individuals shall be
				located outside the immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) atmosphere
				prepared to immediately make entry for the purpose of locating and rescuing a
				student or other person.
(b) The
				two-out personnel may each be assigned an additional role for the purpose of
				training fires that does not take him or her away from the immediate location
				or diminish his or her ability to immediately react; and such role shall not
				jeopardize the safety or health of anyone onsite by abandoning that other
				assignment.
(c) The Instructor In
				Charge, Safety Officer, and primary pump operator are not permitted to serve as
				members of the "two-out" personnel.