Vehicle and Machinery Rescue Operations

Operations level personnel shall meet all requirements specified in Chapter 3 of NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents and be capable of hazard recognition, equipment use and techniques necessary to operate safely and effectively at incidents involving persons injured or trapped in a vehi- cle or machinery. Operations level functions at vehicle and/or machinery rescue incidents include procedures to iden- tify probable victim locations and survivability, making the rescue area safe, including the stabilization and isolation (i.e., lockout/tag out) of all vehicles and/or machinery.