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.
Notes
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Tex. Admin. Code §
427.209
The provisions of
this §427.209 adopted to be effective January 27, 2002, 27 TexReg 481;
amended to be effective July 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 6724; amended to be effective
May 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 3033; amended to be effective March 27, 2006, 31 TexReg
2696; amended to be effective November 28, 2007, 32 TexReg 8529; Amended by
Texas
Register, Volume 43, Number 19, May 11, 2018, TexReg
3104, eff.
5/20/2018; Adopted
by
Texas
Register, Volume 48, Number 15, April 14, 2023, TexReg
1964, eff.
4/23/2023
