OSHA's Proposed Emergency Response Standard - A Hurdle For Volunteer Fire Departments

On February 5, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modernize the agency’s ‘Fire Brigades’ standard with a proposed new ‘Emergency Response Standard.’
This NPRM’s publication triggered the beginning of a public comment period that was initially scheduled to conclude on May 6. Thanks to feedback from the emergency services community, OSHA has extended this public com