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Confined Space Rescue

STANDBY TEAM

A Confined Space Rescue Team is a team of trained personnel that provides rescue services and rescue equipment during a planned entry into a permit required confined space such as a boiler, sewer, tunnel, chemical tank, or process vessel. They provide emergency retrieval systems, supplied air units, personal protection equipment, and medical trauma kits for a potential rescue in IDHL atmospheres. The team also monitors all activities inside and outside the confined space to ensure safe entry. Many facilities find it more cost-effective to outsource these services as opposed to having an in-house team on the rare occasion an employee may need to enter a permit required confined space.

Firefighter performing confined space rescue services
Confined Space Entry Training is meant for planned confined space situations. For Emergency Confined Space Entry, active an emergency standby team by clicking the button to the right.

WHEN DOES OSHA REQUIRE A RESCUE TEAM?

If you have a Permit Required Confined Space at your facility, OSHA may require you to have a Rescue Team. How do you know whether you need one? The simplest way is to ask yourself this question: “If the person inside the space were to become unconscious, could I remove them safely without entering the space?” If the answer is no, you’re required to have a Confined Space Rescue Team either on-site or on standby.

Firefighter performing confined space rescue services in Ohio

FIRE DEPARTMENT vs STANDBY CONFINED SPACE RESCUE?

FIRE DEPARTMENT vs STANDBY CONFINED SPACE RESCUE?

A Confined Space Rescue Team can be hired on-site during a planned confined space entry or on standby and able to respond in a timely manner. A Confined Space Rescue Team must be on-site at the facility for Permit Required Confined Spaces that have a hazardous IDHL atmosphere that can’t be removed with forced air ventilation. A Confined Space Rescue Team must be at the space or on standby for Permit Required Confined Spaces that have the potential for entrapment or engulfment, or spaces where you’d be unable to safely remove an entrant should they become unconscious. Standby rescue teams must be close enough to your facility to respond in a timely manner, generally less than 5 minutes away.

A confined space emergency rescue team in red and orange jumpsuits lowers one worker into a confined space entry point

OUR TEAM WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY WHICH CONFINED SPACE RESCUE SERVICE YOU NEED

Firefighter Safe offers Confined Space Standby and Confined Space Training for your employees. We can help you identify which Confined Space Rescue Service you need for your facility and provide you with a quote. We can also provide you with an estimate for the Confined Space Training and Equipment requirements for an in-house team to compare to hiring a Confined Space Rescue Team.