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 3401 - Application

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) These Orders
						establish minimum requirements for personal protective clothing and equipment
						for fire fighters when exposed to the hazards of fire fighting activity, and
						take precedence over any other Safety Order with which they are inconsistent.
Sections
						  3402.1,
						  3402.3,
						  3403,
						  3404,
						  3405,
						  3406,
						  3407,
						  3408, and
						  3409, inclusive, apply to
						  structural and proximity fire fighting as defined in Section
						  3402. Sections
						  3402.2,
						  3410, and
						  3410.1 apply to wildland fire
						  fighting.
EXCEPTION to section
						  3401(a): The
						  requirements of these orders are not applicable to fire fighters from other
						  states of the United States or another country rendering temporary fire
						  suppression assistance during a wildfire event.
(b) General Requirements.
(1) Personal protective clothing and
						equipment specified in these Orders shall be provided and used whenever such
						employees are required to work in a hazardous environment that may be
						encountered during fire fighting activities or under similar conditions during
						training activities.
(2) The
						employer shall ensure the availability, maintenance, and use of all protective
						clothing and equipment in accordance with these Orders.
(3) Employees shall be instructed to wear or
						utilize appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment when directed to
						work in a hazardous environment until such time as the officer in charge
						determines that such protection is no longer required.
(4) Personal protective clothing and
						equipment that has become damaged or otherwise defective to the point of
						voiding its intended protection shall be removed from service.
(5) Fire fighters and other employees engaged
						in emergency activities requiring special protective techniques and equipment
						shall be trained in the appropriate techniques and provided with the necessary
						protective equipment.
(6) Employers
						shall develop and require use of a written plan covering the safe use,
						maintenance, utilization and replacement of the equipment required in these
						Orders, and all affected employees shall be trained in accordance with such
						plan.
NOTE to subsection (b)(6): See Section
						  3402.3. Selection, Inspection, and
						  Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity
						  Fire Fighting and Section
						  3410. Selection, Inspection, and
						  Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Wildland Fire
						  Fighting.
(7) Employers
						shall ensure that new protective clothing and equipment provided be furnished
						with a statement of performance declaring that the product has been tested and
						meets the requirements of these Orders.