The employing entity shall:
(1) purchase, provide, and maintain a PASS device for each
on duty fire protection personnel who engage in operations where IDLH atmospheres
may be encountered, or where the atmosphere is unknown, or where hazardous
conditions from fire or other emergencies exist, or where the potential for
such exposure exists;
(2) ensure that all PASS devices used by fire protection personnel
comply with the minimum standards of the National Fire Protection Association
identified in NFPA 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS)
for Fire Fighters:
(A) the National Fire Protection Association standard applicable
to a PASS device is the standard in effect at the time the entity contracts
for new, rebuilt, or used PASS devices;
(B) an entity may continue to use a PASS device that meets
the requirements of an earlier edition of NFPA 1982, unless the commission
determines that the continued use of the PASS device constitutes an undue
risk to the wearer, in which case the commission shall order that the use
be discontinued and shall set an appropriate date for compliance with the
revised standard;
(3) ensure that the PASS device assigned to an individual user
be inspected at the beginning of each duty period and before each use.
(4) maintain and provide upon request by the commission, a
departmental standard operating procedure regarding the proper use, selection,
care and maintenance of PASS devices.
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