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SECTION Occupational Safety& Health <br /> STANDARD <br /> OPERATING S.O.G. No 402.04 <br /> t <br /> GUIDELINES <br /> SUBJECT Hazardous Materials Training <br /> L PURPOSE. <br /> In the interest of Technical Rescue Team (TRT) member's health and safety, <br /> this document is established to provide training guidelines for emergency <br /> response personnel responding to hazardous materials incidents. <br /> II. REFERENCES. <br /> A. North Carolina Fire and Rescue Commission Department Occupational <br /> Safety and Health Program for Fire Departments and Rescue Squads, <br /> Subpart H—Hazardous Materials, 1910.120(q) <br /> B. Current edition of the National Fire Protection Association's 471, <br /> "Standard on Responding to Hazardous Materials Incidents". <br /> C.Current edition of the National Fire Protection Association's 472, <br /> "Standard on Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous <br /> Materials Incidents". <br /> D. Current edition of the National Fire Protection• Association's ,1500, <br /> "Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program". <br /> E. Current edition of the National Fire Protection Association's 1561, <br /> "Standard on Fire Department Incident Management System". <br /> III. OSHA REQUIREMENTS. <br /> A. The TRT be trained in the duties and functions he or she is required to <br /> perform during hazardous materials emergency response as outlined in <br /> OSHA 1910.120(q)(6) and (q)(8) and Chapter 3-5, Special Operations. <br /> IV. PROCEDURE. <br /> A. All TRT responding to hazardous materials emergencies shall be trained <br /> in the duties and functions he or she is required to perform during a <br /> hazardous materials emergency response as outlined in OSHA <br /> 1910.120(q)(6) and (q)(8) before they are permitted to take part in actual <br /> emergency operations on an incident. <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />