Definitions, Minimum Requirements for a Firefighter Employer Comprehensive Safety and Health Program, Definitions
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of State Fire Marshal
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
69A-62.0001Definitions
69A-62.021Minimum Requirements for a Firefighter Employer Comprehensive Safety and Health Program
69A-62.030Definitions
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 43 No. 156, August 11, 2017 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
69A-62.0001 Definitions.
Unless the text or context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in Section 633.504, F.S., are applicable to this rule chapter. In addition, for purposes of this rule chapter, the following definitions apply.
(1) through (4) No change.
(5) “Firefighter employee” means a firefighter employee as defined in Section 633.504., F.S., and includes a volunteer firefighter as referred to in Section 633.102(36), F.S.
(6) through (8) No change.
69A-62.021 Minimum Requirements for a Firefighter Employer Comprehensive Safety and Health Program.
(1) through (6) No change.
(7) Policy for enforcement of safety rules and regulations.
(a) No change.
(b) Incident Reporting. Each firefighter employer shall use the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Incident Reporting System Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS-5) to report all firefighter employee injuries, deaths, or exposures, including casualties that occur in conjunction both with incident responses and with non-incident events such as station duties or training. The Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS-5) (January 2015) is hereby incorporated by reference; however, the Division shall accept earlier versions of the Fire Sevice Casualty Module (NFIRS-5). The NFIRS software is available as free desktop and web-based applications from the United States Fire Administration at https://www.nfirs.fema.gov/ or as NFIRS standard-compliant products that can be purchased from software vendors at https://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/nfirs/vendors/active_vendors.html. Each firefighter employer shall implement the Fire Service Casualty Module (NFIRS-5, effective 7/04), Form DFS-K4-1569, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Form DFS-K4-1569 may be obtained by writing to the Division of State Fire Marshal, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0340.
(c) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 633.508, 633.516 633.518 FS. Law Implemented 633.508, 633.512, 633.516, 633.518, 633.520, 633.522, 633.526 FS. History–New 9-6-04, Amended 6-6-07, 1-1-09, 5-22-11, __________.
69A-62.030 Definitions.
For purposes of Rules 69A-62.030 through 69A-62.036, F.A.C., Part III of this rule chapter incorporates by reference the definition of “occupational disease” contained in subsection 440.151(2), F.S., and the definitions contained in Section 440.02, F.S. Further, with respect to Part III of these rules, the division adopts the following definitions apply:
(1) through (3) No change.
(4) “Fatality” means any firefighter employee death that occurs as a result of workplace injury, illness, or occupational disease and includes a firefighter employee death that results from workplace injury, illness, or occupational disease within one year of the report of the injury, illness, or occupational disease to the Division of Workers’ Compensation of the Department of Financial Services.
(5) No change.
(6) “Illness” or “occupational disease illness” means any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. Illness includes acute and chronic illnesses or diseases caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact with an environmental factor.
(7) through (10) No change.
