PURPOSE: Establish a policy addressing the appropriate use of personal protective equipment.
Ties to SOG §5 and §7:
- 3 minutes or less from street clothes to on-air, or you do not enter IDLH.
- PPE is the member’s responsibility — wear it, care for it, inspect it.
- SCBA on interior attack, vehicle fire, or any atmosphere in question.
- Turnouts or Wildland PPE on every call except EMS-only.
- Issued PPE is District property and comes back on separation.