5-2.1 Organizations operating at the awareness level shall
meet the requirements of Sections 4-2 and 5-2 of this document and Chapter 2
of NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of
Responders to Hazardous
Materials Incidents. Organizations at this level are responsible for
performing certain non-entry rescue (retrieval)
operations.
5-2.2 Awareness level functions for confined space rescue
incidents shall include the following:
(a) Size-up of existing and potential conditions
(b) Initiate contact and establish communications with
victims where possible
(c) Recognition and identification of the hazards associated
with non-entry confined space emergencies
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d) Recognition of confined
spaces
(e) Procedures to perform a non-entry
retrieval
(f) Procedures for implementing the emergency response
system for confined space emergencies
(g) Procedures for implementing site control and scene
management
5-3.1 Organizations operating at the operations level shall
meet the requirements of Sections 5-2 and 5.3.
The organization at this level is responsible for the
development and training of a confined space rescue team consistent with the
requirements of this section.
5-3.2 Organizations operating at the operations level shall
meet all requirements specified in Section 4-3 and the requirements of a
confined space rescue team as defined herein. In addition, organizations
operating at the operations level shall meet all requirements specified in
Section 9-3.
5-3.3 Operations level functions for confined space rescue
operations shall include the following:
(a) Procedures for protecting personnel from hazards within
the confined space.
(b) Continued size-up of existing and potential conditions.
(c) Procedures for assuring that personnel are capable of
appropriately managing the physical and psychological
challenges that effect rescuers entering confined spaces.
(d) Identification of the duties of the rescue entrant(s) and
back-up rescue entrant(s), rescue attendant, and rescue team leader as defined
herein.
(e) Procedures to monitor continuously, or at frequent
intervals, the atmosphere in all parts of the space to be entered and to monitor
for, in the following order, (1) oxygen content, (2) flammability (LEL / LFL),
and (3) toxicity
(f) Procedures for entry-type rescues into confined
spaces meeting all of the following specific qualifying
characteristics:
1. The internal configuration of the space is clear and
unobstructed so retrieval systems can be utilized for rescuers without
possibility of entanglement.
2. The victim can be easily seen from the outside of the
space's primary access opening.
3. Rescuers can pass easily through the access/egress
opening(s) with room to spare when PPE is worn in the manner recommended by the
manufacturer.
4. The space can accommodate two or more rescuers in addition
to the victim.
5. All hazards in and around the confined space have been
identified, isolated, and controlled.
(g) Procedures for the safe and effective use of victim
packaging devices that could be employed in confined space
rescue.
(h) Procedures for the transfer of victim information
including location, surroundings, condition when found,
present condition, and other information pertinent to Emergency Medical Services
(EMS).
(I) Procedures for planning and implementing an
appropriate confined space rescue operation.
(j) Procedures for selection, construction, and use of a rope
lowering and raising system in the high-angle environment.
5-4.1 Organizations operating at the technician level shall
meet the requirements of Sections 5-2, 5-3,
and 5-4. The organization at this level is
responsible for the development and training of a confined space rescue team
consistent with the requirements of this section.
5-4.2 Technician level functions
for confined space rescue operations shall include the following:
(a) Continued size-up of existing and potential conditions
(b) Procedures to assure that rescue team members shall take
part in a medical surveillance program
(c) Planning response for entry-type confined space rescues
in hazardous environments
(d) Implementing the planned response
