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Standard on
Operations and Training for Technical Search and
Rescue Incidents
2004 Edition

     Copyright © 2004, National Fire Protection Association, All Rights Reserved This edition of NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Technical Rescue and acted on by NFPA at its November Association Technical Meeting held November 15–19, 2003, in Reno, NV. It was issued by the Standards Council on January 16, 2004, with an effective date of February 5, 2004, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 1670 was approved as an American National Standard on January 16, 2004.

The responsibility for NFPA 1470, Standard on Search and Rescue Training for Structural Collapse Incidents, 1994 edition, was transferred to the Technical Committee on Technical Rescue, which prepared a proposed new NFPA 1670, Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Rescue Incidents. That document incorporated the scope of NFPA 1470, expanding it to include identifying and establishing levels of functional capability for safety and effectively conducting operations at technical rescue incidents.

This second edition of NFPA 1670 represents a complete revision and incorporates the reorganization of the chapters to comply with the new NFPA Manual of Style. The title of the document has been changed to “Standard on Operations and Training forTechnical Search and Rescue Incidents” as a result of a petition by the Technical Committee to the Standards Council to include “search” as part of the scope of the Committee. The search element has also been added to each of the disciplines within the document.

The committee wishes to acknowledge the valuable contributions of George Howard to the origin and development of this document. Mr. Howard was working as a police officer for the New York and New Jersey Port Authority when he perished in the line of duty on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center at the age of 44. He was a 16- year veteran of the department and a founding member of its elite emergency services division and was awarded the New York Police Department's Medal of Valor for rescuing children trapped in the World Trade Center during the 1993 bombing. Mr. Howard was a charter member of the NFPA Technical Rescue Technical Committee, on which he represented the Nassau County (NY) Fire Academy. His enlightened influence and hard work shall always be a part of this document.

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