Title: List rules and laws that regulate the fire service.
Course: Firefighting I (15152-I) > Section: Introducing the Fire Service

List should include

- National Fire Protection Association–NFPA (standards)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration–OSHA (regulatory agency)
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990–ADA (law)
- local (departmental) rules
- international fire and building codes
- United States Environmental Protection Agency–EPA.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is OSHA’s primary objective as an organization?
- Why is it important to have a building code?
- What is the EPA’s primary objective as an organization?