ROCKY HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT

STANDARD OPERATING GUIDELINE

LEVEL ‘B’ HAZ-MAT SUITS

Purpose: To establish a standard operating guideline for the use of Level B Hazardous Material Suits.

Scope: All fire personnel.

Policy: The use of Level B suits will be determined by the Incident Commander after evaluating all available size-up information.

Level B suits will be used to enter a hazardous atmosphere only under the following conditions:

· Victim Removal.

· Incident investigation.

· Investigate/Abate “suspicious” powder incidents.

· To control the flow of a known hazardous material.

· As determined by the Incident Commander.

Use of the suits is limited to those members who are minimally certified at FF-1 and Hazardous Materials Operations.

EMS will be present for all entries.

DEP will be notified for all incidents requiring entries.

A gross de-con area will be established and if necessary a trailer requested.

Date: 08-06

Proponent: RHFD Staff

Replaces: New