California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 2 - Safe Practices and Personal Protection › Article 10.1 - Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment for Fire Fighters › Section 3402.1 - Purchase Quality Standards for Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Helmets ordered or purchased on or after
						July 1, 2023, for use in structural fire fighting or proximity fire fighting
						shall meet the certification, labeling, design, performance, and testing
						requirements of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1971, Standard
						on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire
						Fighting, 2018 Edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition
						to any other applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality standards apply
						to discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(b) Eye or face
						protection ordered or purchased on or after July 1, 2023, for use in structural
						fire fighting or proximity fire fighting shall meet the certification,
						labeling, design, performance, and testing requirements of NFPA 1971, Standard
						on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire
						Fighting, 2018 Edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition
						to any other applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality standards apply
						to discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(c) Hoods ordered
						or purchased after on or after July 1, 2023 for use in structural or proximity
						fire fighting shall meet the certification, labeling, design, performance, and
						testing requirements of NFPA 1971, Standard on Protective Ensembles for
						Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, 2018 Edition, which is
						hereby incorporated by reference. In addition to any other applicability, the
						aforementioned purchase quality standards apply to discretionary equipment
						orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(d) Protective
						garments or clothing ordered or purchased on or after July 1, 2023, for use in
						structural or proximity fire fighting shall meet the certification, labeling,
						design, performance, and testing requirements of NFPA 1971, Standard on
						Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting,
						2018 Edition, which is hereby incorporated as by reference. In addition to any
						other applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality standards apply to
						discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(e) Hand
						protection ordered or purchased on or after July 1, 2023, for use in structural
						or proximity fire fighting shall meet the certification, labeling, design,
						performance, and testing requirements of NFPA 1971, Standard on Protective
						Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, 2018
						Edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition to any other
						applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality standards apply to
						discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(f) Protective
						footwear ordered or purchased on or after July 1, 2023, for use in structural
						or proximity fire fighting shall meet certification, labeling, design,
						performance, and testing requirements of NFPA 1971, Standard on Protective
						Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, 2018
						Edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition to any other
						applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality standards apply to
						discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Protective ensemble or ensemble elements
						  meeting the most current NFPA 1971 edition will be deemed as meeting the
						  standard.
(g) Personal Alert
						Safety Systems purchased on or after July 1, 2023 shall meet the certification,
						labeling, design, performance and testing requirements of NFPA 1982, Standard
						on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS), 2018 Edition, which is hereby
						incorporated by reference. In addition to any other applicability, the
						aforementioned purchase quality standards apply to discretionary equipment
						orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: PASS meeting the most current NFPA 1982
						  edition will be deemed as meeting the standard.
(h) Open-circuit self-contained breathing
						apparatus (SCBA) purchased on or after July 1, 2023 shall meet the
						certification, labeling, design, performance and testing requirements of NFPA
						1981, Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for
						Emergency Services, 2019 Edition, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In
						addition to any other applicability, the aforementioned purchase quality
						standards apply to discretionary equipment orders or purchases.
EXCEPTION: Open-circuit SCBA meeting the most current
						  NFPA 1981 edition will be deemed as meeting the standard.
1. New
						  section filed 11-7-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 45).
						  Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section
						  11349.3(b)
						  extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						  60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified
						  in Government Code section
						  11349.3(a)
						  extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						  60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
						  N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Sections
							 142.3 and
							 147.4, Labor
							 Code.