Section 655IAC1-2.1-105.1. Trench Rescuer-Operations/Technician

  1. (a) The minimum training standards for Trench Rescuer-Operations/Technician certification shall be as set out in those certain documents, being titled as follows:

(1) NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, Chapter 4 and Sections 5.2, 5.3, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.2, 12.3, and 12.4, 2009 Edition, published by NFPA, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269, which is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this rule as if fully set out in this rule. NFPA 1500, NFPA 1521, and NFPA 1561 are:

(A) not adopted;

(B) not enforceable; and

(C) referenced for information purposes only.

(2) NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, Chapter 4, 2008 Edition, published by NFPA, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269, which is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this rule as if fully set out in this rule. NFPA 1500, NFPA 1521, and NFPA 1561 are:

(A) not adopted;

(B) not enforceable; and

(C) referenced for information purposes only.

  (b) The candidate shall have been certified as:

(1) a Confined Space Rescuer-Technician; and

(2) a Vehicle and Machinery Rescuer-Technician.

(Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education; 655 IAC 1-2.1-105.1; filed Apr 26, 2011, 11:16 a.m.: 20110525-IR-655100248FRA; readopted filed Sep 9, 2013, 8:27 a.m.: 20131009-IR-655130180RFA)