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29 CFR 1910.156
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Title

"Fire brigades"

Description

This regulation contains requirements for the organization, training, and personal protective equipment of fire brigades whenever they are established by an employer. The requirements of this section apply to fire brigades, industrial fire departments and private or contractual type fire departments. Personal protective equipment requirements apply only to members of fire brigades performing interior structural fire fighting. The requirements of this section do not apply to airport crash rescue or forest fire fighting operations. Please note that there are 28 OSHA-approved occupational safety and health State Plans. State Plans are required to have standards and enforcement programs that are at least as effective as federal OSHA’s and may have different or more stringent standards related to PPE. More information about State Plans and their standards is available at: http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/index.html

Standard Type(s)
Regulation

Anything specified as a requirement in a CFR

Personal Protective Equipment
Hand and Arm Protection

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the arm and/or the hand this includes all garments protecting the hand or part of the hand, including gloves, fingerless gloves, mittens, garments protecting the fingers only or the palm only, etc. Potential hazards include skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures and amputations.

  • Fire fighting gloves
  • Gloves, general
  • Physical protective gloves
  • Thermal protective gloves
Body Protection

All items of clothing and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured to provide specific protection. This includes bullet-proof clothing, general protective clothing and full body ensembles that protect from cuts, radiation, temperature extremes, hot splashes from molten metals and other hot liquids, potential impacts from tools, machinery and materials and hazardous chemicals. Examples of body protection include laboratory coats, coveralls, vests, jackets, aprons, surgical gowns and full body suits

  • Firefighter protective clothing
  • Thermal protective clothing
Hazards
Physical
  • Physical
Thermal
  • Flame and Thermal
  • Flammability and Fires
SOC Codes
33-0000 Protective Service Occupations
  • 33-1000 Supervisors of Protective Service Workers
    • 33-1021 Lieutenants, Fire Lieutenant
  • 33-2000 Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers
    • 33-2011 Forest Firefighters
    • 33-2020 Fire Inspectors
    • 33-2021 Fire Hazard Inspectors
    • 33-2021 Inspectors, Fire Hazard
Standard References
Incorporated by Reference

NFPA 1971 - 2018 edition - Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting

NFPA 1975 - 2019 edition - Standard on Emergency Services Work Apparel

Conformity Assessment Notes

Replaced by NFPA 1971- 2007 edition

Comments

29 CFR 1910.156 (e)(3)(ii): This OSHA regulation assures the performance, construction, and testing of fire-resistive coats and protective trousers shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard NFPA No. 1971-1975, "Protective Clothing for Structural Fire Fighting,"

29 CFR 1910.156(e)(4)(i): Gloves or glove system shall be tested in accordance with the test methods contained in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 1976 publication, "The Development of Criteria for Fire Fighter's Gloves; Vol. II, Part II: Test Methods," which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6, (See Appendix D to Subpart L) and shall meet the following criteria for cut, puncture, and heat penetration: This document is not present in our system and this document has been archived by NIOSH, but remains a reference document for OSHA regulation.

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