655 Ind. Admin. Code 1-4-2

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 655 IAC 1-4-2 - General requirements for firefighter mandatory training

Authority: IC 36-8-10.5-7

Affected: IC 36-8-10.5

Sec. 2.

(a) These requirements are intended only to familiarize the recruit firefighter with introductory personal safety and safe evolutions before engaging in emergency firefighter activities. These requirements are not intended to replace the board's requirements for firefighter voluntary certification program and as follows:

(1) The intent of this document is to provide rules for the minimum mandatory personal safety training of those individuals entering or reentering the fire service.

(2) It is not required for the objectives to be mastered in the order that they appear.

(3) The local fire department, instructor, or fire chief shall establish the instructional priority of the mandatory training.

(4) This is intended to be a minimum training program. Expanded scope and creativity of local training programs is encouraged.

(b) Minimum components are as follows:

(1) Orientation. Includes the following:

(A) Communication procedures.

(B) How alarms are received.

(C) Who, what, when, and where of local fire department.

(2) Personal safety. Includes the following:

(A) Reason for protective clothing usage, for example:

(i) helmet;

(ii) coat;

(iii) boots; and

(iv) gloves.

(B) Safe handling of tools.

(3) Forcible entry. Includes the following:

(A) Safely finding hidden fires.

(B) Safely entering structure or building when it is locked.

(C) Nomenclature of tools.

(4) Ventilation. Includes the following:

(A) Safe letting of hot gases and smoke escape.

(B) Safe procedures.

(C) Where to properly ventilate.

(5) Apparatus. Includes the following:

(A) Safely mounting and dismounting from apparatus.

(B) Riding on apparatus.

(C) Safe driving of apparatus.

(D) Basic traffic and firefighting liability laws.

(6) Ladders. Includes the following:

(A) Safe setting positions for ground ladders.

(B) Safe climbing and getting off of ladders.

(C) Feeling for weakened floors on second floor or higher before getting off ladder.

(D) Different types of ladders used in fire service.

(7) Self-contained breathing apparatus. Includes the following:

(A) Critical needs for wearing self-contained breathing apparatus.

(B) Safe practices in its use.

(C) Nomenclatures of self-contained breathing apparatus.

(D) Safely donning and doffing of self-contained breathing apparatus.

(8) Hose loads. Includes the following:

(A) How to properly load hose.

(B) Different types of hose loads.

(C) Safely removing different hose loads.

(D) Accessing water sources by drafting or hydrants.

(9) Streams. Includes the following:

(A) Safe fire stream velocity and gallons per minute.

(B) Properly opening and closing of nozzles.

(10) Basic recognition of special hazards. Includes the following:

(A) Recognition of special hazards.

(B) DOT hazardous materials placarding recognition.

(C) Structural hazards indicating imminent collapse or cave-in.

(D) Recognition of suspicious fires.

(E) Dangers of backdraft and flashover.

(F) Overhead electrical wires.

(G) Special safety procedures.

(11) Defensive driving.

655 IAC 1-4-2

Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education; 655 IAC 1-4-2; filed Mar 7, 1988, 12:55 p.m.: 11 IR 2629; readopted filed Aug 27, 2001, 10:55 a.m.: 25 IR 203; errata, 26 IR 383; filed Jul 14, 2004, 10:00 a.m.: 27 IR 4019; filed Apr 13, 2005, 11:30 a.m.: 28 IR 2712; readopted filed Sep 1, 2010, 8:36 a.m.: 20100929-IR-655100264RFA; readopted filed Sep 9, 2013, 8:27 a.m.: 20131009-IR-655130180RFA

Readopted filed 9/19/2019, 4:10 p.m.: 20191016-IR-655190177RFA