The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will formally propose an expansion to the department’s “fire brigades” standard, broadening it to cover a wider community of emergency responders, including EMTs, paramedics and some search and rescue workers.
The new rule, which would represent the first update to the standard since it was created in 1980, will also modernize equipment and gear guidelines for firefighters and other first responders.
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