[quote name='Richard_L_Dean_07405' post='162861' date='Nov 12 2007, 16:53 ']In New Jersey, many if not most of the EMS has nothing to do with fire departments, so therefore I must ask, how can the NFPA dictate something for EMS in those places that is indepenedent?[/quote]
They don't. The federal GSA KKK-1822 standard covers ambulances. [url="http://apps.fss.gsa.gov/vehiclestandards/framedoc1.cfm?DocName=KKK-A-1822F-08.01.2007.pdf&fedcode=1822&Document=yes&commentStatus=2&docType=Final"]http://apps.fss.gsa.gov/vehiclestandards/f...p;docType=Final[/url]
Even if they did, NFPA doesn't 'dictate.' The standards are recommendations, but they don't have the force of law unless adopted by the appropriate local regulating authorities.
Here's another retired MA rig. My engine company operated this 1985 Ford C/E-One 1000/500 until a couple years ago. The rig is x-Sudbury, MA.
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They don't. The federal GSA KKK-1822 standard covers ambulances. [url="http://apps.fss.gsa.gov/vehiclestandards/framedoc1.cfm?DocName=KKK-A-1822F-08.01.2007.pdf&fedcode=1822&Document=yes&commentStatus=2&docType=Final"]http://apps.fss.gsa.gov/vehiclestandards/f...p;docType=Final[/url]
Even if they did, NFPA doesn't 'dictate.' The standards are recommendations, but they don't have the force of law unless adopted by the appropriate local regulating authorities.
Here's another retired MA rig. My engine company operated this 1985 Ford C/E-One 1000/500 until a couple years ago. The rig is x-Sudbury, MA.
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