I-9 - NFPA Standards - 2014

4.5.2.2 Orders addressed to individual members, particularly verbal orders and orders at incident scenes, shall be transmitted through the company officer. 4.6 Initial Fire-Fighting Operations. 4.6.1 Initial fire-fighting operations shall be organized to ensure that at least four members are assembled before interior fire suppression operations are initiated in a hazardous area. 4.6.2 In the hazardous area, a minimum of two members shall work as a team. 4.6.3* Outside the hazardous area, a minimum of two members shall be present for assistance or rescue of the team operating in the hazardous area. 4.6.3.1 One of the two members assigned outside the hazardous area shall be permitted to be engaged in other activities. 4.6.3.2 The assignment of a member shall not be permitted if abandoning that member's critical task(s) to perform rescue would jeopardize the safety and health of any fire fighter operating at the incident. 4.6.4 Initial attack operations shall be organized to ensure that if, upon arrival at the emergency scene, initial attack personnel find an imminent life-threatening situation where immediate action could prevent the loss of life or serious injury, such action is permitted with less than four personnel when conducted in accordance with NFPA 1500. 4.7 Sustained Fire-Fighting Operations. 4.7.1 The fire department shall have the capability for sustained operations, including fire suppression; engagement in search and rescue, forcible entry, ventilation, and preservation of property; accountability for personnel; the deployment of a dedicated rapid intervention crew (RIC); and provision of support activities for those situations that are beyond the capability of the initial attack. 4.7.2 The capability to sustain operations shall include sufficient personnel, equipment, and resources to efficiently, effectively, and safely conduct the appropriate operations. 4.7.3 The fire department shall be permitted to use established automatic aid or mutual aid agreements to comply with the requirements of Section 4.7. 4.8 Intercommunity Organization. 4.8.1* Mutual aid, automatic aid, and fire protection agreements among the affected AHJs shall be in writing and shall address issues such as liabilities for injuries, disabilities, and deaths; cost of service; authorization to respond; staffing; and equipment, including the resources to be made available and the designation of the incident commander. 4.8.2 Procedures and training of personnel for all fire departments in mutual aid, automatic aid, and fire protection agreement plans shall be comprehensive enough to produce an effective force to deal with the emergencies they respond to and to ensure uniform operations at those emergencies. 4.8.3 Companies responding to automatic or mutual aid incidents shall be equipped with communications equipment that allow personnel to communicate with the incident commander, division or group supervisors, or branch directors. 4.9* Emergency Medical Services (EMS). 4.9.1* The provisions of this section shall apply only to those fire departments that are involved in EMS delivery. 4.9.2* The fire department shall clearly document its role, responsibilities, functions, and objectives for the delivery of EMS. 4.9.3 EMS operations shall be organized to ensure the fire department's emergency medical capability includes personnel, equipment, and resources to deploy the initial arriving company and additional alarm assignments. 4.9.4 The fire department shall be permitted to use established automatic aid or mutual aid agreements to comply with the requirements of Section 4.9. 4.9.5 System Components. 4.9.5.1 The basic treatment levels within an EMS system, for the purposes of this standard, shall be categorized as first responder, basic life support (BLS), and advanced life support (ALS). 4.9.5.2 The specific patient treatment capabilities associated with each level shall be determined by the AHJ for the approval and licensing of EMS providers within each state or province. 4.9.6 Quality Management. 4.9.6.1 The fire department shall institute a quality management program. 4.9.6.2 All first responder and BLS emergency medical service provided by the fire department shall be reviewed by the fire department medical personnel and that review process shall be documented. 4.9.6.3 All fire departments with ALS services shall have a named medical director with the responsibility to oversee and ensure quality medical care in accordance with state or provincial laws or regulations. 4.9.6.4 Fire departments providing ALS services shall provide a mechanism for immediate communications with EMS supervision and medical oversight. 4.10* Special Operations. 4.10.1 The provisions of this section shall apply to fire departments that are involved in the delivery of special operations response. 4.10.2 The fire department shall adopt a special operations response plan and standard operating procedures (SOPs) that specify the role and responsibilities of the fire department and the authorized functions of members responding to hazardous materials emergency incidents. 4.10.3 Special operations shall be organized to ensure that the fire department's special operations capability includes sufficient personnel, equipment, and resources to safely deploy the initial arriving company and additional alarm assignments providing such services. 4.10.4* The fire department shall limit its operations to only those specific special operations functions for which its personnel are trained and are properly equipped. 4.10.5 The fire department shall be permitted to use established automatic aid or mutual aid agreements to comply with the requirements of Section 4.10. 4.10.6 All fire department members who respond to emergency incidents involving hazardous materials shall be trained to the applicable requirements of NFPA 472.