- (1) While in motion, the driver and passengers in the cab must wear seat belts.
- (2) Seat belts must comply with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Part 49 C.F.R., Section 571, Standards 209 and 210.
(3) Passengers on wildland vehicles must use a safety belt or a short lanyard securely connected to the apparatus.
- (a) Safety belts or lanyards must be secured to an anchorage or structural member capable of supporting a minimum dead weight of one thousand five hundred pounds per person or a 4:1 safety factor.
- (b) Safety lanyard lengths must not allow for the firefighter to reach the ground.
- (4) Safety belts must be constructed and maintained in compliance with ANSI A10.14-1975.
- (5) Lanyards must be a minimum of one-half inch nylon or equivalent with a nominal breaking strength of five thousand four hundred pounds.
- (6) The structural components for wildland vehicle enclosures must be constructed of metal tubing not less than one inch in diameter, capable of supporting a minimum of one thousand five hundred pounds per person, a 4:1 safety ratio or the equivalent. This applies to vehicle enclosures manufactured after the effective date of this chapter.
- (7) The enclosure must be constructed to a minimum toprail height of forty-two inches and must include a midrail and either a toeboard at least four inches high or a bottom rail a maximum of six inches from the platform.
- (8) Access door(s) and latching mechanisms to tail board enclosures must be constructed and mounted to achieve structural integrity comparable to the remainder of the enclosure.
- (9) A strap or butt-bar utilized for the fourth side of the enclosure must be a minimum of a four-inch nylon strap capable of supporting one thousand five hundred pounds dead weight.
- (10) While actively fighting a fire in the mobile attack mode, firefighters must either remain in a three-sided enclosure and use a safety lanyard, or remain in a four-sided enclosure.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 18-22-116, § 296-305-07018, filed 11/6/18, effective 12/7/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060 and 29 C.F.R. 1910.156, Fire brigades. WSR 13-05-070, § 296-305-07018, filed 2/19/13, effective 1/1/14.]