The training facility 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.
(1) 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.
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 (relating to Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus). 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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Source Note: The provisions of this §427.9 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 10895; amended to be effective October 11, 2000, 25 TexReg 10187; amended to be effective January 27, 2002, 27 TexReg 481; amended to be effective May 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 3033; amended to be effective May 20, 2018, 43 TexReg 3103; amended to be effective April 23, 2023, 48 TexReg 1962 |