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Mid-Mount Ascendant Aerial Tower / 1-9
SAFETY
1-6.2
NFPA Designated Walkways
If your apparatus was contracted for after January 1, 2016, it will have designated standing or walking surfaces at
any location above 48 inches from the ground where you may need to access during normal operation. You can tell
which surfaces are designated for standing or walking as follows:
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The surface will have a slip resistant surface. (Except for hose storage areas).
AND….
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The surface will have a yellow or orange line surrounding it.
OR…
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The surface will have railings or structure at least 12 inches high surrounding it.
Do not stand or walk on any feature of your apparatus that is over 48 inches above the ground unless it meets these
criteria.
Any surface over 48 inches high that does not meet these criteria must only be accessed using service ladders and
a fall protection system or other safe means as determined by your fire department safety management personnel.
1-6.3
Compartment Doors
Always close swing-up or swing-out compartment doors to reduce the potential for personnel to be injured from
accidentally walking into or onto doors left open.
When climbing or walking on the vehicle, never step on a horizontally hinged cover or compartment door that has
been left open. Hold-open devices are not designed to support more than the weight of the door itself. Also, never
step on the edge of a vertically hinged door that has been left open. In either case the doors will move and you are
likely to fall.