Section 655IAC1-2.1-98. Vehicle and Machinery Rescuer-Operations

   (a) The minimum training standards for Vehicle and Machinery Rescuer-Operations 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 8.2, 8.3, 12.2, and 12.3, 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 5 and Sections 6.2 and 6.6, 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.

  (b) The candidate shall have been certified as:

(1) a Hazardous Materials First Responder-Operations or Hazardous Materials First Responder-Awareness/Operations;

(2) an Indiana First Responder or any other certification issued by the Emergency Medical Services Commission under 836 IAC; and

(3) a Technical Rescuer-Awareness.

(Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education; 655 IAC 1-2.1-98; filed Apr 13, 2005, 11:30 a.m.: 28 IR 2706; readopted filed Aug 4, 2009, 2:41 p.m.: 20090902-IR-655090379RFA; filed Apr 26, 2011, 11:16 a.m.: 20110525-IR-655100248FRA; readopted filed Sep 9, 2013, 8:27 a.m.: 20131009-IR-655130180RFA)