Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 326-360 - General, Part II › Chapter SPS 330 - Fire Department Safety And Health Standards › Subchapter II - Definitions › Section SPS 330.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Aerial device" means any extendable or
					 articulating device that is designed to position fire fighters and handle fire
					 fighting equipment.
(1m) "
					 Ambulance service provider" has the meaning given under s.
					 256.01(3),
					 Stats.
(2) "Approved" means
					 acceptable to the department.
(3)
					 "Authority having jurisdiction" means the department.
(4) "Basic life support" has the meaning
					 given under s.
					 256.15(1)
					 (d), Stats.
(5) "Department" means the department of
					 safety and professional services.
(6) "Emergency operation" means activities of
					 the fire department relating to rescue, fire suppression, emergency medical
					 care, and special operations, including response to the scene of the incident
					 and functions performed at the scene.
(6h) "Employee" or "public employee", as
					 defined in s.
					 101.055(2)
					 (b), Stats., means any employee of the state,
					 of any state agency or of any political subdivision of the state.
(6m) "Employer" or "public employer", as
					 defined in s.
					 101.055(2)
					 (d), Stats., means the state, any state
					 agency or any political subdivision of the state.
(7) "Fire apparatus" means a vehicle operated
					 by a fire department and used for emergency operations to transport personnel
					 and equipment and to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other
					 hazardous situations.
(8) "Fire
					 chief" means the highest ranking officer in charge of a fire
					 department.
(9) "Fire department"
					 means any public organization engaged in fire fighting.
(10) "Fire fighter" means any person
					 performing the powers and duties of a public fire department, whether or not
					 that person is engaged in emergency operations. "Fire fighter" includes full-
					 and part-time employees and paid and unpaid volunteers.
(11) "Fire fighter organization" means an
					 organization that represents the collective and individual rights and interests
					 of fire fighters, such as a collective bargaining group or a fire fighters
					 association. "Fire fighter organization" includes any organization that fire
					 fighters authorize to represent their interests in negotiations with fire
					 department managers.
(12) "Fire
					 fighting" means any activity related to controlling and extinguishing an
					 unwanted fire or a fire set for training fire fighters, including any activity
					 that exposes a fire fighter to the danger of heat, flame, smoke, or any other
					 product of combustion, explosion, or structural collapse, but does not include
					 any activities pertaining to fighting wildland fires. Fire fighting includes
					 emergency operations and responses related to rescues, terrorism, and special
					 hazards.
(13g) "Fit test" means the
					 use of a testing protocol to qualitatively or quantitatively evaluate and
					 verify the proper fit and seal of a respirator on an individual.
Note:
See also qualitative fit test (QLFT)
						and quantitative fit test (QNFT).
(13r) "Hazard" means a condition, an object,
					 or an activity with the potential of causing personal injury, equipment damage,
					 loss of material, or reduction of the ability to accomplish the
					 mission.
(14) "Hazardous
					 atmosphere" means any atmosphere that is oxygen deficient or that contains a
					 toxic or disease producing contaminant, whether or not it is immediately
					 dangerous to life or health.
(14g)
					 "Health and safety officer" means the person assigned and authorized by the
					 fire chief as the manager of the fire department's health and safety
					 programs.
(14r) "Immediately
					 dangerous to life or health" or "IDLH" means any condition that would pose an
					 immediate or delayed threat to life, cause irreversible adverse health effects,
					 or interfere with an individual's ability to escape from a hazardous
					 environment.
(15) "Imminent hazard"
					 means an act or condition that presents a danger to persons or property that is
					 so urgent and severe that it requires immediate corrective or preventive
					 action.
(15m) "Incident commander"
					 means the individual who has the overall authority and responsibility for the
					 management of emergency operations and personnel activities, including the
					 development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and release of
					 resources.
(16) "Incident
					 management system" means an organized system that defines the roles and
					 responsibilities assumed by emergency responders and the standard operating
					 guidelines used to manage and direct emergency operations and other related
					 functions.
(16m) "Incident safety
					 officer" means the individual designated by the fire chief or incident
					 commander who has obtained training from a qualified instructor on the roles
					 and responsibilities of an incident safety officer.
(17) "Member" means a person occupying any
					 position or rank within a fire department and involved in performing any type
					 of duties or responsibilities under the authority of a fire department.
					 "Member" includes a full- or part-time employee or paid or unpaid
					 volunteer.
(17m) "National Incident
					 Management System" or "NIMS" means a system that provides a consistent,
					 nationwide approach for organizations to work effectively and efficiently
					 together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents,
					 regardless of cause, size, or complexity.
(19) "Occupational illness" means an illness
					 or disease contracted through or aggravated by the performance of the duties,
					 responsibilities, and functions of a fire department member.
(20) " Occupational injury" means an injury
					 sustained during the performance of the duties, responsibilities, and functions
					 of a fire department member.
(21c)
					 "Qualified instructor" means a fire service instructor who is determined by the
					 fire chief to be knowledgeable in the topic and has demonstrated the knowledge
					 and ability to deliver instruction effectively from a prepared lesson plan,
					 including instructional aids and evaluation instruments; adapt lesson plans to
					 the unique requirements of the students and authority having jurisdiction;
					 organize the learning environment so that learning and safety are maximized;
					 and meet the record-keeping requirements of the authority having
					 jurisdiction.
(21g) "Qualitative
					 fit test" or "QLFT" means a pass or fail fit test to assess the adequacy of
					 respirator fit that relies on the individual's response to the test
					 agent.
(21n) "Quantitative fit
					 test" or "QNFT" means an assessment of the adequacy of respirator fit by
					 numerically measuring the amount of leakage into the respirator.
(21r) "Personal alert safety system" or
					 "PASS" means a device that continually senses for lack of movement of the
					 wearer and automatically activates the alarm signal, indicating the wearer is
					 in need of assistance.
(21w)
					 "Self-contained breathing apparatus" or "SCBA" means an atmosphere-supplying
					 respirator for which the breathing air source is designed to be carried by the
					 user.
(23) "Service test" means the
					 regular, periodic inspection and testing of apparatus and equipment, according
					 to an established schedule and procedure, to ensure that it is in safe and
					 functional operating condition.
(24) "Special hazard" means a substance,
					 device, event, circumstance or condition that presents an unusual and severe
					 danger to fire fighters or an abnormally high level of fire danger. Special
					 hazards include water rescue, confined space entry, high-angle rescue, and
					 operations requiring specialized training.
(25) "Standard operating guideline" means a
					 written organizational directive that establishes or prescribes specific
					 operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely, which can be
					 varied due to operational need in the performance of designated operations or
					 actions.
(26) "Structural fire
					 fighting" means fire fighting that involves buildings, enclosed structures,
					 enclosed vehicles, or enclosed vessels.