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Wis. Adm. Code SPS 330.07
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WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
CHAPTER SPS 330 FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
SUBCHAPTER VI -- TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Date:
02/18/2014
Document:
SPS 330.07 Training and education
(1) Every fire department shall:
(a) Establish and maintain a training and education program for fire fighters to prevent occupational accidents, deaths, injuries and illnesses.
(b) Provide training and education that does all of the following:
1. Prepares a fire fighter to safely perform his or her duties.
2. Prepares a fire fighter for any change in a procedure or technology or for any new hazard identified in his or her work environment.
3. Prepares a new fire fighter whose duties include emergency operations to perform emergency operations. The training under this subdivision shall include training in the incident command system under s. SPS 330.14 (1) (b).
4. Gives a fire fighter whose duties include structural fire fighting training consistent with established fire ground operating procedures. The training under this subdivision shall be at least monthly, shall be based on each fire de-partment's suggested operating guidelines which are maintained in written form and which address all emergency scene operations, and shall be supervised by qualified instructors.
Note: A qualified instructor can be anyone who is knowledgeable in the topic, and not necessarily an instructor from the Wisconsin technical college system.
5. Prepares a fire fighter for special hazards to which he or she may be exposed during fires and other emergen-cies. The procedures for actions to address special hazards shall be in writing.
(2) (a) All training and education under sub. (1) shall be provided by individuals who are qualified to teach the subject they are teaching.
(b) The training shall be overseen by the fire chief or a designee who has completed at least the 12-hour National Fire Academy Field Course for Instructional Techniques for Company Officers or equivalent.
(3) A fire department shall provide the training required under sub. (1) (b) 1. and 2. biannually or more often, if necessary.
(4) Any training of fire fighters which includes live fire fighting exercises shall be conducted in compliance with NFPA 1403.
(5) A training program for any fire fighter engaged in fire ground operations shall include procedures to effect his or her safe exit from a dangerous area if equipment fails or fire conditions change suddenly.
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