The distance training provider must ensure that all equipment
necessary for practice of performance skills identified in the commission's
Curriculum Manual or Curriculum Skills Manual is available in sufficient
quantity for use by trainees. The minimum equipment required for conducting
training is identified in the Equipment List found in each discipline
chapter within the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) Curriculum
Manual. All Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) that will be
used during the course of instruction for a commission approved fire
protection personnel training program shall comply with §435.3
of this title (relating to Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus). This
rule applies whether the SCBA is provided by the academy or the trainee.
(1) If instruction in the use of self-contained breathing
apparatus is a part of the training, then self-contained breathing
apparatus in sufficient numbers shall be provided to enable each trainee
to wear the equipment for at least the life of one breathing air tank
during the training. If a trainee will be subjected to a hazardous
atmosphere or where the atmosphere is unknown, the trainee shall be
provided with a self-contained breathing apparatus. (Note: All self-contained
breathing apparatus used by a certified training facility and the
air used in self-contained breathing apparatus must comply with §435.3
of this title.This rule applies whether the self-contained breathing
apparatus is provided by the academy or the trainee. All students,
instructors, safety personnel, and other personnel participating in
any evolution or operation of fire suppression during the live fire
training shall breathe from an SCBA air supply whenever operating
under one or more of the following conditions:
(A) in any atmosphere that is oxygen deficient or contaminated
by products of combustion, or both.
(B) in any atmosphere that is suspected of being oxygen
deficient or contaminated by products of combustion, or both.
(C) in any atmosphere that can become oxygen deficient
or contaminated, or both; and/or
(D) below ground level.
(2) standard classroom equipment to include appropriate
instructional aids and the use of cutaways, models, flip charts, and
other visual aids are recommended to enhance effectiveness of the
instruction; and
(3) other equipment, which may include training simulators,
training aids, clothing and tools required by the applicable training
program.
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