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.
- FAQ Title 35 Answers: Where do fire police get their authority?
- FAQ Title 35 Answers: What is the job of a fire police officer?
- FAQ Title 35 Answers: Do fire police need to wear a badge?
- FAQ Title 35 Answers: Are fire police required to wear a badge, hat, armband, uniform, or insignia?
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.
- FAQ NFPA 1091 Answers: Does NFPA 1091 apply to just fire police or any traffic controller?
- FAQ NFPA 1091 Answers: What requisite knowledge and skills are required to provide traffic control on a roadway?
- FAQ NFPA 1091 Answers: What is a Traffic Incident Management Technical Specialist?
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.
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: Does PUB213 supercede MUTCD? Yes!
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: What arrow board specifications should be met on different speed limit roadways?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: What requirements from PennDOT are there to set up a proper TCP (Traffic Control Point)?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: How should vehicles merge on a roadway?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: How intersections work with flaggers?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: What are the requirements for different durations of roadway incidents?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: What are the equipment requirements for different traffic control devices?
- FAQ PUB213 Answers: How to know if your equipment is no longer an acceptable traffic control device?
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.
- FAQ MUTCD Answers: What are the federal standards for traffic control?
- FAQ MUTCD Answers: What are the federal standards for fire police providing temporary traffic control (Part 6)?
- FAQ MUTCD Answers: What are the federal standards for roadway cones?
- FAQ MUTCD Answers: What are the federal standards for signs?
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.
1977 Act 83 on state.pa.usBlue/Red light laws
PA laws authorizing volunteer fire police to utilize lights and/or sirens on vehicles to assist in performing their duties.
- FAQ Title 75 Answers: Who is authorized to use what color red/blue emergency lights?
- FAQ Title 75 Answers: What is the requirement of your emergency lights on vehicles?
- FAQ Title 75 Answers: Who can use emergency sirens on vehicles?
- FAQ pacodeandbulletin.gov Answers: How to wire your emergency sirens/lights?
Title 75 Section 72 on state.pa.us
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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.
- FAQ NIMS Answers: What are proper radio communications?
- FAQ NIMS Answers: Who is in charge during an emergency scene?
- FAQ NIMS Answers: How should the officer in charge during an incident approach different goals based on their role?
- FAQ NIMS Answers: Can this method be applied to emergency scenes and non-emergency planned events (like concerts, local events, etc.)?
- FAQ NIMS Answers: What terminology should be standardized across fire policemen?
- FAQ NIMS Answers: What information should be gathered, processed and potentially shared with the public?
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.
Required HazMat Training on osha.gov