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ANSI/ISEA 105-2005, American National Standard for Hand Protection Selection Criteria
Provides guidance for selecting the correct gloves that will protect workers and assist employers in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.
ANSI/ISEA 107-2004, American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear
Provides a uniform, authoritative guide for the design, performance specifications, and use of high-visibility and reflective apparel including vests, jackets, bib/jumpsuit coveralls, trousers and harnesses.
ANSI Z87.1-2003, American National Standard for Occupational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection Devices
Establishes performance criteria and testing requirements for devices used to protect the eyes and face from injuries from impact, non-ionizing radiation and chemical exposure in workplaces and schools.
ANSI Z89.1-2003, American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection
Provides performance and testing requirements for industrial helmets, commonly known as hard hats.
CBRN PAPR: NIOSH Statement of Standard for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPR), 2006 Edition
Voluntary program for acceptance of applications for the testing and evaluation of powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR or PAPRS) for use against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents
NFPA 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, 2008 Edition
Identifies the minimum levels of competence required by responders to emergencies involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
NFPA 473: Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials/WMD Incidents, 2008 Edition
Identifies the levels of competence required of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel who respond to incidents involving hazardous materials or weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It specifically covers the requirements for basic life support and advanced life support personnel in the pre-hospital setting.
NFPA 1000: Standards for Fire Service Professional Qualifications Accreditation and Certification Systems, 2006 Edition
Establishes the minimum criteria for accrediting bodies; and for the assessment and validation of the process used to certify fire and related emergency response personnel to professional qualifications standards; and of non-engineering, fire-related, academic, degree-granting programs offered by institutions of higher education.
NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications, 2008 Edition
Identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature.
NFPA 1002: Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition
Identifies the minimum job performance requirements for fire fighters who drive and operate fire apparatus, in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
NFPA 1006: Standard for Rescue Technician Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition
Establishes the minimum job performance requirements necessary for fire service and other emergency response personnel who perform technical rescue operations.
NFPA 1021: Standard for Fire Office Professional Qualifications, 2003 Edition
Identifies the performance requirements necessary to perform the duties of a fire officer and specifically identifies four levels of progression.
NFPA 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, 2007 Edition
Contains minimum requirements for a fire service–related occupational safety and health program.
NFPA 1582: Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, 2007 Edition
Contains descriptive requirements for a comprehensive occupational medical program for fire departments.
NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Structural Fire Fighting Protective Ensembles, 2001 Edition
Specifies the minimum selection, care, and maintenance requirements for structural fire fighting protective ensembles, and the individual ensemble elements.
NFPA 1852, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)>, 2002 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the selection, care, and maintenance of open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and combination SCBA/SAR that are used for respiratory protection during fire fighting, rescue, and other hazardous operations.
NFPA 1901: Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus, 2003 Edition
Defines the requirements for new automotive fire apparatus designed to be used under emergency conditions to transport personnel and equipment and to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations.
NFPA 1906: Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus, 2006 Edition
Defines the requirements for new automotive fire apparatus, including apparatus equipped with a slip-on fire-fighting module, designed primarily to support wildland fire suppression operations.
NFPA 1912: Standard for Fire Apparatus Refurbishing, 2006 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the refurbishing of automotive fire apparatus utilized for fire fighting and rescue operations, whether the refurbishing is done at the fire department or municipal maintenance facilities, or at the facilities of private contractors or apparatus manufacturers.
NFPA 1936: Standard on Powered Rescue Tools, 2005 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the design, performance, testing, and certification of powered rescue tool systems and the individual components of spreaders, rams, cutters, combination tools, power units, and power transmission cables, conduit, or hose.
NFPA 1951, Standard on Protective Ensemble for Technical Rescue Operations, 2007 Edition
Specifies the minimum design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for utility technical rescue, rescue and recovery technical rescue, and chemicals, biological agents, and radiological particulate [also known as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) technical rescue] protective ensembles for use by emergency services personnel during technical rescue incidents.
NFPA 1971, Standard on Protective Ensemble for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, 2007 Edition
Specifies the minimum design, performance, and certification requirements, and test methods for structural protective ensembles that include protective coats, protective trousers, protective coveralls, helmets, gloves, footwear, and interface components.
NFPA 1975, Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Fire and Emergency Services, 2004 Edition
Specifies requirements for the design, performance, testing, and certification of non-primary protective station/work uniforms and the individual garments comprising station/work uniforms.
NFPA 1976, Standard on Protective Ensemble for Proximity Fire Fighting
This standard has been withdrawn by the NFPA and material incorporated into NFPA 1971 Standard (2007 Edition).
NFPA 1981, Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services, 2007 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the design, performance, testing, and certification of new compressed breathing air open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and compressed breathing air combination open-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus and supplied air respirators (SCBA/SARs) and for the replacement parts, components, and accessories for these respirators.
NFPA 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS), 2007 Edition
Covers minimum performance criteria, functioning, and test methods for Personal Alert Safety Systems to be used by fire fighters engaged in rescue, fire fighting, and other hazardous duties.
NFPA 1991, Standard on Vapor-Protective Ensembles for Hazardous Materials Emergencies, 2005 Edition
Specifies the minimum design, performance, certification, and documentation requirements; and test methods for vapor-protective ensembles and individual elements for chemical vapor protection; and additional optional criteria for chemical flash fire escape protection and liquefied gas protection. Also specifies additional optional criteria for vapor-protective ensembles and individual elements that will provide protection from chemical and biological warfare agents and chemical and biological terrorism incidents.
NFPA 1992, Standard on Liquid Splash-Protective Ensembles and Clothing for Hazardous Materials Emergencies, 2005 Edition
Specifies minimum design, performance, certification, and documentation requirements; test methods for liquid splash-protective ensembles and liquid splash-protective clothing; and additional optional criteria for chemical flash fire protection.
NFPA 1994, Standard on Protective Ensembles for First Responders to CBRN Terrorism Incidents, 2007 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the design, performance, testing, and certification of protective ensembles for fire and emergency services personnel operating at domestic terrorism incidents involving dual-use industrial chemicals, chemical terrorism agents, or biological terrorism agents. The intent is that the ensembles would be available in quantity, easily donned and used, and designed for single exposure use.
NFPA 1999, Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations, 2003 Edition
Specifies the minimum documentation, design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for new single-use and new multiple-use emergency medical protective clothing, including garments, gloves, footwear, and face protection devices, used by fire and emergency services personnel during emergency medical operations.
NFPA 2112, Standard on Flame-Resistant Garments for Protection of Industrial Personnel Against Flash Fire, 2001 Edition
Specifies the minimum design, performance, and certification requirements, and test methods for new flash fire protective garments.
NFPA 2113, Standard on Selection, Care, Use, and Maintenance of Flame-Resistant Garments for Protection of Industrial Personnel Against Flash Fire, 2001 Edition
Specifies the minimum requirements for the selection, care, use, and maintenance of flash fire protective garments meeting the requirements of NFPA 2112, Standard on Flash Fire Protective Garments or Industrial Personnel.
NIOSH Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Standard for Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus(December 2001)
Establishes performance and design requirements to certify Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for use in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) exposures for use by emergency responders.
Specifies minimum requirements to determine the effectiveness of full facepiece air purifying respirators (APR), commonly referred to as gas masks, used during entry into chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) atmospheres not immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH).
Specifies minimum requirements to determine the effectiveness of escape respirators that address CBRN materials identified as inhalation hazards from possible terrorist events for use by the general working population.
Copies of the complete standards are available from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
ANSI N42.32: Performance Criteria for Alarming Personal Radiation Detectors for Homeland Security
Describes design and performance criteria along with testing methods for evaluating the performance of instruments for homeland security that are pocket sized and carried on the body for the purpose of detecting the presence and magnitude of radiation. This standard specifies the performance criteria for radiation detection and measurement instruments that may be used in a variety of environmental conditions. The performance criteria contained in this standard are meant to provide a means for verifying the capability of these instruments to reliably detect significant changes above background levels of radiation and alert the user to these changes.
ANSI N42.33: Portable Radiation Detection Instrumentation for Homeland Security
Establishes design and performance criteria, test and calibration requirements, and operating instruction requirements for portable radiation detection instruments. These instruments are used for detection and measurement of photon emitting radioactive substances for the purposes of detection and interdiction and hazard assessment. The informative annexes of this standard provide reference information.
ANSI N42.34: Performance Criteria for Hand-Held Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides
Specifies general requirements and test procedures, radiation response requirements, and electrical, mechanical, and environmental requirements of instruments that can be used for homeland security applications to detect and identify radionuclides, for gamma dose rate measurement, and for indication of neutron radiation. Successful completion of the tests described in this standard should not be construed as an ability to successfully identify all isotopes in all environments.
ANSI N42.35: Evaluation and Performance of Radiation Detection Portal Monitors for Use in Homeland Security
Provides the testing and evaluation criteria for Radiation Detection Portal Monitors to detect radioactive materials that could be used for nuclear weapons or radiological dispersal devices (RDDs). Portal monitors may be used in permanent installations, in temporary installations for short-duration detection needs, or as a transportable system. These systems are used to provide monitoring of people, packages and vehicles to detect illicit radioactive material transportation, or for emergency response to an event that releases radioactive material.
CAP-V1.1: Common Alerting Protocol v1.1, 2005 Edition
Defines a simple but general format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks. CAP allows a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, thus increasing warning effectiveness while simplifying the warning task. CAP also facilitates the detection of emerging patterns in local warnings of various kinds, such as might indicate an undetected hazard or hostile act. And CAP provides a template for effective warning messages based on best practices identified in academic research and real-world experience.
EDXL-DE v1.0: Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Distribution Element, v 1.0, 2006 Edition
Describes a standard message distribution framework for data sharing among emergency information systems using the XML-based Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL). This format may be used over any data transmission system, including but not limited to the SOAP HTTP binding.
NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs, 2004 Edition
Establishes a common set of criteria for disaster management, emergency management, and business continuity programs. This standard provides those with responsibility for disaster and emergency management and business continuity programs the criteria to assess current programs or to develop, implement, and maintain a program to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
INCITS 385: Face Recognition Format for Data Interchange, 2004 Edition
Specifies definitions of photographic (environment, subject pose, focus, etc.) properties, digital image attributes and a face interchange format for relevant applications, including human examination and computer automated face recognition.
This page was last reviewed/modified on September 18, 2008.
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