This standard presents requirements for the protection of emergency services personnel assigned to or involved in surface water search and rescue operations or other surface water incident operations.
Please note: This Standard is no longer accepting Public Input due to the Emergency Response and Responder Safety Document Consolidation Plan (consolidation plan) as approved by the NFPA Standards Council. As part of the consolidation plan, this Standard is slipping cycle and being combined into a new consolidated draft, NFPA 1955. For further information on this consolidated draft, go to NFPA 1955.