Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 113 - VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, AMBULANCE SERVICE AND RESCUE SQUAD ASSISTANCE › GENERAL STANDARDS › Section 113.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The terms
				  defined in the act have the same meanings when used in this chapter as are
				  ascribed in them in the act.
(b) The
				  following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following
				  meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Accessory equipment
-Firefighting,
					 ambulance and rescue equipment necessary to carry out the ordinary functions of
					 supporting firefighting, medical, life support, hazardous materials response
					 and rescue activities. Equipment shall comply with approved standards of the
					 OSFC, the National Fire Protection Association, Underwriters Laboratories,
					 Factory Mutual Laboratories, National Bureau of Standards or other Nationally
					 recognized inspection or rating agency and shall include: ladders; hoses;
					 self-contained breathing apparatus; generators; floodlights and cords; smoke
					 ejectors; compressors; hydrant-thawing devices; hydrant wrenches; door openers;
					 portable pump and hand suction hose; couplings; adaptors; connecting hose
					 valves; gates and ropes; spanner wrenches; nozzles; fire extinguishers; axes;
					 crow bars; ladder and cellar pipe; pike poles; hose clamps and bridges; wheel
					 chocks; floor runners; circular metal saws; foam applicators or applicator
					 equipment; portable resuscitators; first aid kits; power shears; life or safety
					 belts; rescue tools; stretchers and blankets; ropes; deluge guns; winches;
					 helmets; coats; boots; trousers; lanterns; ladder straps; wrenches; salvage
					 covers; hand saws; power saws; pigtail ground adaptors; cable with locking
					 connectors; playpipes; sprinkler stoppers or wedges; backpack-type pumps;
					 bolts; portable suction apparatus; hand-operated bag masks; oropharyngeal
					 airways; mouth-to-mouth airways-child and infant sizes; portable oxygen
					 equipment; mouth gags; tongue blades; sterile intravenous agents; universal
					 dressings; sterile gauze pads; self-adhering bandages; burn sheets; lower
					 extremity traction splints; padded boards; inflatable splints; spine boards;
					 triangular bandages; safety pins; shears; obstetrical kits; sterile gloves;
					 umbilical cord clamps or tapes; dressings; towels; plastic bags; poison kits;
					 blood pressure manometers; cuffs; stethoscopes; and other equipment for rescue,
					 communications and hazardous materials activities as determined by the
					 OSFC.
Act
-The Volunteer Fire Company, Ambulance
					 Service and Rescue Squad Assistance Act (72 P. S. §
												§
												3943.1-3943.19).
Apparatus equipment
-Aerial apparatus;
					 pumpers; tankers; utility or special service vehicles; ambulances; rescue
					 vehicles and other large equipment used for fighting fires and hazardous
					 materials emergencies. This equipment is more specifically categorized as
					 follows:
(i)
Aerial
				  apparatus
-A truck equipped with a metal elevating platform device
				  consisting of two or more booms or sections with a passenger-carrying platform
				  assembly, or a truck equipped with a permanently mounted, power-operated aerial
				  ladder. It shall comply with basic performance and construction standards,
				  acceptance tests and service tests as set forth in NFPA Standard No. 1904-91 or
				  its successor.
(ii)
Pumper
-A pumper with a permanently mounted fire pump with a
				  rated discharge capacity of 750 gallons per minute or greater at 150 pounds per
				  square inch net pumping pressure. It shall comply with basic performance and
				  construction standards, and acceptance and service tests, as set forth in NFPA
				  Standard No. 1901-91 or its successor.
(iii)
Tanker
-A mobile water
				  supply fire apparatus as specified in NFPA Standard No. 1903-91 or its
				  successor with a water capacity of 1,000 gallons or more. The minimum flow rate
				  specified for tank to pump connection is 500 gallons per minute to a fire pump
				  or the capacity of a booster pump where provided. The truck shall include a
				  pump and have a limited hose body capacity.
(iv)
Utility or special service
				  vehicle
-A vehicle carrying accessory equipment including ladders;
				  oxygen equipment; communications equipment; generators and adaptors;
				  floodlights; smoke ejectors, and other equipment necessary to perform the
				  ordinary functions of supporting firefighting, rescue, emergency medical and
				  hazardous materials activities. It shall comply with basic performance and
				  construction standards and acceptance tests as set forth in the applicable NFPA
				  Standard.
(v)
Ambulance
-A vehicle which is specifically designed,
				  constructed or modified and equipped, and is used or intended to be used, and
				  is maintained or operated, for the purpose of providing emergency medical care
				  to, and transportation of, patients. The term includes advanced or basic life
				  support vehicles that may or may not transport patients. An ambulance shall
				  comply with current National standards and any standards developed under the
				  authority of the Emergency Medical Services Act (35 P. S. §
												§
												6921-6938).
(vi)
Rescue vehicle
-A
				  vehicle, whether a motor vehicle or a watercraft, intended to be used
				  exclusively for rescue services, not primarily to transport patients or have
				  affixed stationary fire suppression equipment. It shall comply with basic
				  performance and construction standards and acceptance tests as set forth in
				  NFPA Standard No. 1901-91 or its successor.
(A)
Heavy duty rescue
				  vehicle
-A vehicle utilizing a chassis with a Gross Vehicle Weight
				  Rating (GVWR) of 14,700 pounds or more which is used exclusively for rescue
				  services. It shall comply with basic performance and construction standards and
				  acceptance tests as set forth in NFPA Standard No. 1901-91 or its successor, if
				  applicable.
(B)
Light duty
				  rescue vehicle
-A vehicle utilizing a chassis with a Gross Vehicle
				  Weight Rating (GVWR) of less than 14,700 pounds which is used exclusively for
				  rescue services. It shall comply with basic performance and construction
				  standards and acceptance tests as set forth in NFPA Standard No. 1901-91 or its
				  successor, if applicable.
(C)
Watercraft rescue vehicle
-A vehicle or device used on the
				  water or ice and intended to be used exclusively for rescue purposes. The term
				  includes boats, motorboats, iceboats, all-terrain or amphibious vehicles
				  capable of being operated on the water. The term does not include
				  seaplanes.
Communications equipment
-Equipment or a
					 system, or both, necessary for the transmission and reception of signals by
					 voice required to support the operations of the volunteer company.
					 Transmissions and communications equipment shall be licensed or authorized by
					 the Federal Communications Commission, "Public Safety Radio Service," 47 CFR
					 Part 90 (relating to private land mobile radio services), meet the standards of
					 the OSFC, as set forth in any directives or guidelines, and meet the applicable
					 requirements of the Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act (35 P. S. §
												§
												7011-7021).
Facility
-A structure or portion thereof
					 intended for the purpose of storage or protection of firefighting apparatus,
					 ambulances and rescue vehicles and related equipment and gear. The term does
					 not include meeting halls, social rooms, lounges, cloakrooms, bunkrooms,
					 bathrooms, kitchens or any other facilities not directly related to
					 firefighting or the furnishing of ambulance or rescue services.
Lending institution
-A savings bank, bank
					 and trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, financial
					 leasing corporation, independently chartered relief association, local unit of
					 government (city, borough, township, county) or a private individual, if a
					 signed lending agreement is in effect with the private individual which states
					 the amount, term, interest rate and the specific project for which the money is
					 being loaned.
NFPA
-The National Fire Protection
					 Association.
New apparatus equipment
-The term includes
					 apparatus equipment that is titled using a manufacturer's certificate of origin
					 and where all essential parts as defined in
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												102
					 (relating to definitions) are new.
OSFC
-The Office of the State Fire
					 Commissioner.
Protective equipment
-Clothing or equipment
					 used by volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance service personnel or
					 volunteer rescue service personnel which affords protection from injury to the
					 wearer or user, including fire coats, boots, helmets, turnout pants, gloves,
					 eyeshields, chemical protection suites and self-contained respiratory
					 protection units.
UL
-Underwriters Laboratories.
Used apparatus equipment
-Apparatus
					 equipment that has been previously titled in this Commonwealth or another
					 state. The term also includes a vehicle which consists of taking a new or used
					 truck chassis of any kind and then fabricating or constructing used essential
					 parts as defined by
					 75 Pa.C.S. §
												102 onto
					 the chassis to create the apparatus equipment.
Volunteer Companies Loan Fund
-The fund
					 established under section 5 of the act (72 P. S. §
												3943.5).
Volunteer company
-A volunteer fire
					 company, volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue service as defined by
					 the act.