19 CRR-NY 426.3NY-CRR

STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 19. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CHAPTER XII. OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
PART 426. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
19 CRR-NY 426.3
19 CRR-NY 426.3
426.3 Facilities and equipment required for fire training programs.
(a) The facilities and equipment prescribed in this section need only be provided where specific training tasks require. Any facility or item of equipment available to the municipality, and which meets the intent of this section, may be utilized.
(b) Facilities and equipment required for conducting fire training programs shall include:
(1) a tower or similar structure not less than two stories in height, and suitable for use with ladders and rescue equipment, which permits the raising and lowering of hose lines and other equipment;
(2) facilities which allow forcible entry and ventilation drills, including a means of practicing on doors, windows, roofs, floors, ceilings and partitions (such components may be included in a structure to be burned as part of the training if not a part of the regular training complex);
(3) hydrant and/or drafting facilities of sufficient capacity to accomplish minimum training requirements;
(4) facilities for live fire training that will, where required, permit the use of breathing apparatus in an enclosed structure, flammable liquid firefighting, liquid propane and natural gas firefighting, and automobile firefighting;
(5) classroom with adequate lighting, heating, plumbing, ventilation and seating facilities;
(6) pumper, ladder and other necessary apparatus in proper operating condition, suitably equipped, to accomplish the minimum training required;
(7) extinguishers, ropes, ladders, nozzles, tools, appliances and such other equipment deemed necessary for fulfilling minimum training requirements; and
(8) representative demand, oxygen-generating or other self-contained breathing apparatus, in sufficient numbers to enable use by firefighters engaged in training evolutions where hazardous atmospheres are encountered.
19 CRR-NY 426.3
Current through October 31, 2021
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