Firefighters: personal protective equipment.
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Fiscal committee
No
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Labor and Employment
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- Introduced
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Overview
This bill establishes a process for the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to review and potentially update safety orders related to personal protective equipment used by firefighters. Specifically, it prohibits the board from requiring certain fire districts to replace their protective equipment more frequently than every 15 years, unless there is evidence of unsafe conditions, immediate hazards, or the presence of hazardous materials like PFAS. The bill aims to provide more stability in equipment replacement schedules for smaller, volunteer, or financially constrained fire districts.
Key provisions
- Requires the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to review National Fire Protection Association standards for firefighter personal protective equipment every five years.
- Prohibits the board from requiring replacement of firefighter PPE more frequently than every 15 years.
- Allows replacement only if the PPE is unsafe, poses an immediate hazard, or contains PFAS or other hazardous materials.
- Applies the 15-year replacement limit to fire districts with populations under 40,000, predominantly volunteer firefighters, or annual budgets not exceeding $200,000.
- Establishes an advisory committee to evaluate potential changes to general industry safety orders related to firefighter PPE.
- Requires the board to consider modifications to safety orders based on the review of NFPA standards.
- Sets deadlines for the board to complete reviews and make decisions regarding safety order updates.
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