Exhibit A-PPE.pdf

Exhibit A – Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

Contractor shall ensure all Crew Members arrive at the incident with the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including PPE for eyes, face, head, and extremities set forth below. All PPE shall be provided, used and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition. Defective or damaged PPE shall not be used.

Boots - Each Crew Member must wear foot protection that provides adequate traction and ankle support. Crew Members operating chain saws shall wear foot protection that is constructed with cut-resistant material which will protect the Crew Member against contact with a running chain saw. Boots shall be leather, lace-up type, minimum of 8" high with lug type sole in good condition (steel toed boots are not acceptable).

Head Protection - Each Crew Member must wear a helmet that meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z89.1 1986, 1997 or 2003, plastic, type 1 class B, OSHA approved, with chinstrap. NOTE: Helmet meeting NFPA 1977, 1998, or 2005 edition standard for Personal Protective Equipment for wildland firefighting is required.

Gloves - One pair of heavy duty leather per person.

Eye Protection - One pair per person. Crew Members must have eye protection where there is potential for eye injury due to flying objects. This eye protection must meet the minimum requirements of ANSI standard Z87.1, latest edition.

Head Lamp - With batteries and attachment for hard hat.

Water Container - At least one-liter size or equivalent per person required, two per Crew Member recommended. The water container must be full on arrival to Incident.

Fire Shelter - One per person. Contractors shall have New Generation fire shelters for all wildland firefighters, and assure that they comply and are third party certified to meet FS Specification 5100-606.

For additional information contact the Missoula Technology and Development Center at 406-329-3978.

Flame Resistant Clothing (Shirt and Pants) - A minimum of two full sets of flame resistant shirt and pants for each Crew Member. For routine fire line duties, flame resistant clothing must:

(a) Self-extinguish upon removal from a heat source.

(b) Act as an effective thermal barrier by minimizing conductive heat transfer.

(c) Not melt or shrink to any appreciable degree upon decomposition during exposure to a high heat source.

(d) Be manufactured from flame retardant treated (FRT) cotton, rayon, wool, aramid (Nomex™) or other similar fabric.