2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Transportation of firefighters
42.5(1) An employer must ensure that
(a) a firefighting vehicle has safe crew accommodations within the
body of the vehicle and is equipped with properly secured seats
and seat belts; and
(b) when the vehicle is in motion,
(i) every firefighter is seated and uses a seat-belt, and
(ii) no person rides on the tailstep, side steps, running boards
or in any other exposed position on the vehicle.
42.5(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply
(a) if there is an insufficient number of seats and seat belts
available, but only if the employer ensures that there is a safe
alternate means of transporting any firefighter who is not able
to use a seat and seat belt; or
(b) to a firefighter fighting a prairie, grassland, forest or crop fire
from a moving firefighting vehicle, but only if the employer
ensures that
(i) the firefighting vehicle is provided with, and the firefighter
uses, a restraining device that prevents the firefighter from
falling from the vehicle,
(ii) an effective means of communication between the
firefighter and the operator of the vehicle is provided, and
(iii) the vehicle is not operated at a speed that exceeds 20 km/h.
Specific firefighting requirements
42.6(1) An employer must ensure that firefighters work in a team, and a
suitably equipped rescue team is readily available, when firefighters
are required or permitted to engage in
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(a) fire suppression and rescue, where a firefighter must enter a
building, enclosed structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other
large object; or
(b) emergency responses that require specific and advanced training
and specialized equipment, such as water rescue, confined space
entry, high-angle rescue and incidents involving hazardous
materials.
42.6(2) An employer must ensure that every firefighter who enters a
structure to fight a fire is provided with and uses a personal alert
safety system that meets the requirements of NFPA 1982, Standard on 
Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS), 1998 Edition for Fire Fighters.
42.6(3) An employer must ensure that the personal alert safety system
required under subsection (2) is
(a) tested at least weekly and before each use; and
(b) maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s
specifications.