Standards Referenced in OSHA Proposed Rule 29 CFR 1910.156 (Emergency Response)

The following NFPA and ANSI standards, in whole or in part, are to be incorporated by reference into proposed rule 1910.156, per 29 CFR 1910.6. See 29 CFR 1910.6(a)(1). Provisions in the proposed standard are drawn from, or consistent with, the following NFPA standards, but these standards are not proposed to be incorporated by reference:

1. NFPA 10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, 2022 ed.
2. NFPA 600, Standard on Facility Fire Brigades, 2020 ed.
3. NFPA 1201, Standard for Providing Fire and Emergency Services to the Public, 2020 ed.
4. NFPA 1451, Standard for a Fire and Emergency Service Vehicle Operations Training Program, 2018 ed.
5. NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and Wellness Program, 2021 ed.
6. NFPA 1521, Standard for Fire Department Safety Officer Professional Qualifications, 2020 ed.
7. NFPA 1561, Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System and Command Safety, 2020 ed.
8. NFPA 1581, Standard on Fire Department Infection Control Program, 2022 ed.
9. NFPA 1660, Standard for Emergency, Continuity, and Crisis Management: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, 2024 ed.
10. NFPA 1700, Guide for Structural Fire Fighting, 2021 ed.
11. NFPA 1710, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments, 2020 ed.
12. NFPA 1720, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Volunteer Fire Departments, 2020 ed.
13. NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, 2020 ed.
14. NFPA 2500, Standard for Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents and Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services, 2022 ed.

OSHA recognizes NFPA’s ongoing efforts to consolidate the following standards, and intends to recognize the latest status of consolidation in the final rule:

1. NFPA 1001, NFPA 1002, NFPA 1003, and NFPA 1005 will become NFPA 1010, Standard for Firefighter, Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator, Airport Firefighter, and Marine Firefighting for Land-Based Firefighters Professional Qualifications, scheduled for 2024.
2. NFPA 1021 and other standards will become NFPA 1020, Standard for Fire Officer and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications, scheduled for 2025.
3. NFPA 1407, NFPA 1451 and other standards will become NFPA 1400, Standard on Fire Service Training, scheduled for 2026.
4. NFPA 1581, NFPA 1582 and other standards will become NFPA 1580, Standard for Emergency Responder Occupational Health and Wellness, scheduled for 2025.
5. NFPA 1201, NFPA 1710, NFPA 1720, and other standards will become NFPA 1750, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Providing Fire and Emergency Services to the Public, scheduled for 2026.
6. NFPA 1981, NFPA 1982 and other standards will become NFPA 1970, Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural and Proximity Firefighting, Work Apparel and Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services, and Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS), scheduled for 2024.
7. NFPA 1951, NFPA 1977, and NFPA 1999 will become NFPA 1950, Standard on Protective Clothing, Ensembles, and Equipment for Technical Rescue Incidents, Emergency Medical Operations, and Wildland Firefighting, and Urban Interface Firefighting, scheduled for 2025.
8. NFPA 1952 and NFPA 1953 will become NFPA 1955, Standard on Surface Water Operations Protective Clothing and Equipment and Protective Ensembles for Contaminated Water Diving, scheduled for 2025
9. NFPA 1984 and NFPA 1989 will become NFPA 1985, Standard on Breathing Air Quality for Emergency Services Respiratory Protection and Respirators for Wildland Firefighting and Wildland Urban Interface Operations, scheduled for 2026.