Minnesota Administrative Rules

7514.1400 SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND VEHICLES.

Subpart 1.

Equipment for emergency response teams.

An emergency response team must have immediate access to the following general categories of supplies and equipment in suitable quantities to respond to anticipated hazardous materials incidents:

A.

chemical reference and emergency response manuals;

B.

personal protective equipment;

C.

leak-control supplies and equipment;

D.

radio and other forms of communications equipment;

E.

computer equipment and supporting software;

F.

monitoring and detection equipment;

G.

basic suppression equipment;

H.

spill containment supplies and equipment,

I.

assorted nonsparking hand tools;

J.

basic first aid supplies; and

K.

miscellaneous incident management and administrative supplies and equipment.

Subp. 2.

Equipment for chemical assessment teams.

A chemical assessment team must have immediate access to the following general categories of supplies and equipment in suitable quantities to respond to anticipated hazardous materials incidents:

A.

chemical reference and emergency response manuals;

B.

decontamination equipment;

C.

personal protective equipment;

D.

radio and other forms of communications equipment;

E.

computer equipment and supporting software;

F.

monitoring and detection equipment; and

G.

miscellaneous incident management and administrative supplies and equipment.

Subp. 3.

Emergency response vehicle requirements.

Hazardous materials emergency response vehicles used by a team must be of sufficient size and capacity to safely transport team personnel with properly stowed equipment and supplies to the scene of a hazardous materials incident under reasonably anticipated travel conditions.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 299A.50

History:

19 SR 450

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007