They had a meeting today, and as usual with this group, I learned a lot.  We talked about some interesting things, like:  1.  What requirements there are for ladder belts on aerial apparatus (there doesn't seem to be any, except for manufacturer recommendations - which by the way you can be cited for violating).  2.  Recently a small Oregon fire department was cited for violating the respiratory protection standard.  If you haven't thought about this standard for awhile, I posted a copy below.  3.  Ever wonder what Oregon fire departments are being cited for?  Look at the document below titled "Violations."  That is a list of all fire department violations that departments were cited for from April 2009 to April 2010.  Makes for some interesting reading, and you might see some weaknesses in your department that need fixing by reading this.  Learn from the mistakes of others.  3.  Finally, there is the document called "Multi-Employer Workplace Citation Guidelines."  I did not know about this, but it was, shall we say, enlightening.  We discussed a recent case in Oregon where fire personnel were cited for a training failure.  Ron Haverkost (our helpful OR-OSHA representative on the committee) will provide more details soon so we can learn from this, which we will post here, but in the meantime I am posting that document also.  I learned you can be cited for a safety violation at another department if you are aware about it and do nothing.  Did you know that?