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Minimum staffing requirements for fire apparatus at certain Space Force installations

Division A · Title III: Operation and Maintenance · Subtitle E: Other Matters

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Firefighter staffing and equipment requirements at Space Force bases with launch and landing facilities must meet certain minimum standards permanently. Firefighting vehicles and personnel must always be maintained at full staffing and service levels. Firefighters cannot be shared between structural fire engines and aircraft rescue vehicles during emergency responses.

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Section Text · Sec. 361.
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the minimum staffing requirements for firefighters and the requirements relating to structural and aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus pursuant to section 388 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 10 U.S.C. 2661 note) and section 1110 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 ( Public Law 118–159 ; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 9771) apply on a permanent basis;

(2)

all firefighting structural and aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus are maintained at optimum staffing levels and optimum levels of service at all times; and

(3)

the cross-manning of firefighter personnel is not permitted between a first due structural fire engine response apparatus and an aircraft, rescue, and firefighting apparatus.