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Improving Coordination Improving Coordination and Interoperability and Interoperability through Standardizationthrough Standardization
Daniel K. Shipp, presidentInternational Safety Equipment
AssociationJune 4, 2003
ISEAISEA
• The trade association for personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Standards developer• Advocate for worker safety and
health• 70+ member companies
ISEA product coverageISEA product coverage
• Head protection• Eye and face
protection• Hearing protection• Respirators • RPEDs• Protective clothing• Gloves
• Fall protection• High visibility
apparel• Gas detection
instruments• First aid kits• Emergency eyewash
& shower• Warning devices
ISEA standards ISEA standards
• ANSI/ISEA 101 Limited Use and Disposable Coveralls
• ANSI/ISEA 102 Gas Detector Tubes• ANSI/ISEA 104 Air Sampling Devices-Diffusive
Type for Toxic Gases and Vapors in Working Environments
• ANSI/ISEA 105 Hand Protection Selection Criteria
• ANSI/ISEA 107 High Visibility Apparel• ANSI/ISEA 110 (draft) Air Purifying Respiratory
Protective Escape Devices
ISEA secretariat ISEA secretariat
• ANSI Z89.1-1997 Industrial Head Protection• ANSI Z308.1-2003 Minimum Requirements for
Workplace First Aid Kits• ANSI Z358.1-1998 Emergency Eyewash and
Shower Equipment
ISO participation ISO participation
• TC94, Personal Safety – Protective Clothing & Equipment (vice chair USTAG)
• TC94 SC1, Head Protection (secretariat)• TC94 SC4, Fall Protection• TC94 SC13, Protective Clothing• TC94 SC15, Respiratory Protection (USTAG
administrator)
ANSI participationANSI participation
• Organizational Member Council• Homeland Security Standards Panel• A10, Safety in Construction & Demolition• S12, Hearing Protection• Z10, Occupational Safety and Health Systems• Z49, Safety in Welding and Cutting• Z87, Occupational Eye and Face Protection• Z88, Respiratory Protection• Z117, Confined Spaces• Z359, Fall Protection Equipment• Z535, Safety Signs and Colors
NFPA participation NFPA participation
• Fire & Emergency Service Protective Clothing and Equipment
• Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health• Hazardous materials Protective Clothing and
Equipment• Respiratory Protection and Personal Alarm
Equipment• Special Operations Protective Clothing and
Equipment• Structural Fire Fighting Protective Clothing and
Equipment
Homeland securityHomeland security
“…if a catastrophic terrorist attack occurred today, emergency first responders – police, fire fighters, and emergency medical personnel – in most of the nation’s cities and counties are no better prepared to react now than they were prior to September 11. The tools of emergency preparedness are in very short supply.”
America -- Still Unprepared, Still in Danger
Council on Foreign Relations, 2002
Challenges for readiness Challenges for readiness
• Identifying responder needs• Defining the “responder”• Evaluating PPE for effectiveness
against terrorist agents (CBRN)• Designing and manufacturing
Emergency respondersEmergency responders
• Firefighters, EMS, Haz-mat, USAR• Law enforcement• Health care workers• Emergency response teams• Construction trades• Utilities
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SCBA/ Powered Air Supply
APRs
PAPRs
Thermal Imagers
Protective Clothing
Hi-Visibility Apparel
Gloves, Boots, Head Protection
Eye/Face
Hearing Protection
Communication Hearing Protection
Environmental Monitors
Rescue/ Retrieval
Fall Protection
Decontamination Equipment
Training Services
ISEA’s goalsISEA’s goals
• Ensure that responders have appropriate PPE, immediate access, and proper training
• Increase use of appropriate PPE in the response community
ISEA’s goalsISEA’s goals
• Ensure that federal grant programs specify appropriate PPE
• Ensure that PPE purchased through federal grants meets standards
• Ensure openness and fairness in the process of selecting PPE eligible for purchase
Standards for responder PPEStandards for responder PPE
• PPE standards are not new– Well established– Understood by user community– Necessary for testing, certification
• Set minimum requirements– Allow for customization
Standards for responder PPEStandards for responder PPE
• Developed in the open– Ensures broad representation,
consensus– ANSI process can be tedious
• Essential to the marketplace– The shorthand of commerce
Standardization issuesStandardization issues
• Need for comprehensive response standards– Threat-based– What do you wear/use?– When do you wear/use it?
• Liability issues– Ordinary products in extraordinary
circumstances
Standardization issuesStandardization issues
• Interoperability– Resist the temptation to customize– Adaptable to user needs– Standards/guidelines for use and
selection• SEL
– Make it user-friendly– On-line product links
Standardization issuesStandardization issues
• Industry participation– Use manufacturers’ expertise– Users will still make the final
decisions
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