Legislation
Health and Welfare Chapter 74
State law granting special fire police officers the authority to act in emergency situations and perform other duties in the State of Pennsylvania.
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Standard for Traffic Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications
Voluntary consensus standard that applies to any individual who performs traffic control duties at incident scenes, regardless of the agency or discipline to which that individual belongs.
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PennDOT Publication 213 Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines
Pennsylvania has adopted the MUTCD and has created PennDOT Publication 213, Temporary Traffic Control Guidelines, to supplement the information in the MUTCD. Publication 213 provides diagrams of typical work scenarios and the minimum desired applications.
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Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways
Document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road surface markings, and signals are designed, installed, and used.
In the United States, all traffic control devices must legally conform to these standards.
The manual is used by state and local agencies as well as private construction firms to ensure that the traffic control devices they use conform to the national standard.
While some state agencies have developed their own sets of standards, including their own MUTCDs, these must substantially conform to the federal MUTCD.
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Late to work law
Pennsylvania law protects volunteer firefighters, fire police, and ambulance or rescue squad members from being terminated or disciplined if they arrive late to work due to responding to a call before their shift begins. This includes a reasonable amount of time to change clothes after returning from the call.
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Blue/Red light laws
PA laws authorizing volunteer fire police to utilize lights and/or sirens on vehicles to assist in performing their duties.
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National Incident Management System (NIMS)
The Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5), signed in 2003 by President Bush, established the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and required minimum training for all people involved in emergency incidents. The directive was intended to ensure a coordinated response from the federal, state, and local governments to acts of terrorism in the United States.
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Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) 29 CFR 1910.120 establishes training requirements for personnel who may encounter hazardous materials incidents, including emergency responders.
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