69A-37.501. Definitions

(1) The following terms will have these meanings for purposes of Rules 69A-37.501 and 69A-37.502, F.A.C.:

(a) “Combination fire department” means a fire service provider utilizing a combination of volunteer and career firefighters to provide fire extinguishment or fire prevention services for the protection of life and property.

(b) “Volunteer fire department” means a fire service provider utilizing only volunteer firefighters to provide fire extinguishment or fire prevention services for the protection of life and property.

(c) “Grantee” means the recipient of the grant award from the Division of State Fire Marshal. The grantee shall be the fire service provider organized and operating in the State of Florida as a volunteer fire department or combination fire department.

(d) “Fire service provider” means a municipality or county, the state, the Division, or any political subdivision of the state, including authorities and special districts, that employs firefighters or uses volunteer firefighters to provide fire extinguishment or fire prevention services for the protection of life and property. The term includes any organization under contract or other agreement with such entity to provide such services.

(e) “NFPA” means the National Fire Protection Association.

(f) “Personal protective equipment” (PPE) means the firefighter personal protective equipment, including structural firefighting protective ensembles and individual ensemble elements that complies with NFPA® 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting (2020 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference. For purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, one set of PPE includes the following:

1. One coat;

2. One pair of pants;

3. One helmet;

4. One pair of gloves;

5. Two protective hoods;

6. One faceshield or goggles;

7. One pair of footwear; and,

8. One pair of suspenders.

(g) “Self-contained breathing apparatus” (SCBA) means the breathing apparatus that complies with the NFPA® 1852, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) (2019 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference. SCBA issued under this grant program must have automatic-on or integrated personal alert safety system (PASS) devices. For purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, one SCBA set includes the following:

1. Two high pressure tanks;

2. One pressure regulator;

3. One face mask;

4. One personal alarm device; and,

5. One SCBA harness.

(h) “Pumper fire apparatus” means a vehicle designed to be used by a fire service provider under emergency conditions to transport personnel and equipment and to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations. This definition does not include aerial devices. For purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, this apparatus shall fully comply with Chapter 5 of the NFPA® 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus (2016 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(i) “Thermal imager” means a special electronic equipment that creates a picture based on the heat produced by a person or object and that complies with NFPA® 1801, Standard on Thermal Imagers for the Fire Service (2021 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(j) “Gas monitor” means a direct-reading, portable instrument designed to detect hazardous gases and vapors, including, oxygen, combustible gas, and a variety of toxic components or volatile organic compounds.

(k) “Powered rescue tool” means a rescue tool that receives power from the power unit component and generates the output forces or energy used to perform one or more of the functions of spreading, lifting, holding, crushing, pulling, or cutting.

(l) “Wildland fire fighting and urban interface fire fighting protective clothing and equipment” means items of compliant protective clothing and equipment products that provide protection from some risk, but not all risk, of wildland and urban interface fire fighting. Such protective clothing and equipment shall be compliant with NFPA® 1977, Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting and Urban Interface Fire Fighting (2022 Edition), which is hereby incorporated by reference. For the purposes of the Firefighter Assistance Grant Program, one set of wildland fire fighting and urban interface fire fighting protective clothing and equipment includes the following:

1. One face/neck shroud;

2. One pair of footwear;

3. One goggle;

4. One helmet;

5. One long-sleeve shirt;

6. One pair of trousers;

7. One pair of work gloves; and

8. One fire shelter.

9. One one-piece garment may be purchased in lieu of the long-sleeve shirt and trousers.

(m) “Division” means the Division of State Fire Marshal.

(2) The Department has determined that posting the NFPA standards referenced in paragraphs (1)(f), (g), (h), (i), and (l) on the Internet for purposes of public examination and inspection would constitute a violation of federal copyright law. These copyrighted materials may be:

(a) Obtained by contacting the NFPA at 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471; Phone [phone]; Website: www.nfpa.org;

(b) Accessed in a read-only, non-printable, non-downloadable format at the NFPA’s website at: https://www.nfpa.org/Codes-and-Standards/All-Codes-and-Standards/Free-access; or

(c) Viewed during regular business hours at:

1. The Division of State Fire Marshal, 325 John Knox Road, Third Floor, Atrium Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32303; or

2. The Florida Administrative Code and Register, R.A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250.

Rulemaking Authority 633.135(3) FS. Law Implemented 633.135 FS. History–New 3-7-17, Amended 12-21-21, 5-28-23.