Fire brigade/emergency response teams

Fire Brigade/Emergency Response Teams should be trained to ... 

Emergency action helps reduce the severity of an incident. Emergency action may take several forms, for example, evacuation, rescue, emergency communications, treatment, and recovery. Emergency action requires the use of specially trained teams (fire brigades, spill response teams, etc.) and special equipment (fire protection systems, spdl containment equipment, flood control equipment, communication systems, medical emergency equipment, etc.). Chapter 29 discusses emergency actions in more detail. 

V Team Procedures The emergency response team procedures that detail the responsibilities and duties of each ERT member. Responsibilities and duties are detailed by job description, Incident Commander, fire Captain, fire brigade team member, fire equipment operator, hazardous material response specialist, and other associated emergency response members. 

Suggested training for incipient fire brigade and emergency response team members who respond to the emergency, perform initial fire suppression, and may be involved in prolonged exterior fire suppression activities includes ... 

If a warehouse owner or operator decides to have an emergency response team, the team should be trained, equipped, and drilled in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.156, Fire Brigades. ... 

Affect the make-up of the plant s emergency response teams or fire brigade ... 

Employee training. Although OSHA training requirements are a minimum standard for many facilities that have a fire brigade, hazardous materials team, rescue team, or emergency response team, general training for all employees shordd address ... 

Emergency response by organized firefighting teams composed of both onsite and offsite fire brigades using mobile units to extinguish fires at the facility. 

Fire Brigade Team Leader —Oil Spill Response Team Leader —HazMat Spill Response Team Leader —Public Affairs Coordinator/Press Officer —Legal Counsel —Security Coordinator —Insurance and Claims Coordinator —Emergency Communications System Coordinator —Coordinator of Personnel Services... 

Personnel — fire brigade, hazardous materials response team, emergency medical services, security, emergency management group, evacuation team, and public information officer. 

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