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ASTM F2047-00(2019)

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Standard Practice for Workers’ Compensation Coverage of Emergency Services Volunteers

Standard Practice for Workers’ Compensation Coverage of Emergency Services Volunteers

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
3.1 It is presumed for the purposes of this practice that the legal authority (agency) having responsibility for emergency services in a given jurisdiction also has a legal responsibility to provide workers’ compensation Insurance coverage for regular paid employees.  
3.2 Emergency services volunteers are presumed to be requested irregularly to provide special skills or assistance on behalf of the agency. As such, these volunteers act as part-time employees of the agency and are empowered to act to provide these services when specifically requested to do so, or pursuant to an approved plan or schedule, or under the supervision of a full-time employee.  
3.3 The legal authority incurs workers’ compensation insurance responsibility for emergency services volunteers (ESVs) while the ESV is actively providing services to the agency as defined in Section 5 of this practice. This period of activity shall be considered to be employment as defined by the state workers’ compensation statutes of the agency.  
3.4 When a legal authority (agency) requests the services of emergency services volunteers as defined by this practice to provide services, the agency shall assume responsibility for the injuries, medical treatment, loss of wages, and death of those emergency services volunteers while providing services as described in this practice.  
3.5 Responsibility for the injuries, medical treatment, loss of wages, and death of those emergency services volunteers while providing services as described in this practice shall be at the statutory limits of the workers’ compensation laws of the state of the agency requesting the services of the emergency services volunteer, and shall be administered in accordance with that agency's state workers’ compensation laws and regulations.  
3.6 Responsibility for workers’ compensation for members of emergency services units shall be the same as outlined in 3.1, and shall be provided by the agency normally directing the activities of the ...
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1.1 This practice defines the application of insurance benefits for emergency services volunteers and units in the manner and extent as provided for under the workers’ compensation statutes of the state in which the volunteer or unit provides services.  
1.2 This practice identifies the basic types of emergency service volunteer, and the types of activities that should be covered by workers’ compensation insurance.  
1.3 This practice includes both emergency service units who operate as organized resources to a public authority legally responsible for the provision of search and rescue and other emergency services, as well as those volunteers who respond to a general request to the public for their services.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
31-Mar-2019
ICS
03.060 - Finances. Banking. Monetary systems. Insurance
Technical Committee
F32 - Search and Rescue
Drafting Committee
F32.02 - Management and Operations
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Effective Date
01-Apr-2019
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Effective Date
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Effective Date
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Referred By
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Effective Date
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Referred By
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Effective Date
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F2047 − 00 (Reapproved 2019)
Standard Practice for
Workers’ Compensation Coverage of Emergency Services
1
Volunteers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2047; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope trackerleadingatrackingteam;adisasterworkerinacollapsed
building; a pilot engaged in an air search flight; or emergency
1.1 This practice defines the application of insurance ben-
communications personnel providing communications during a
efits for emergency services volunteers and units in the manner
time of need.
and extent as provided for under the workers’ compensation
statutes of the state in which the volunteer or unit provides
2.2 auxiliary unit (AU)—an individual, or a collection of
services.
individuals, forming a unit called to respond by a legal
authority responsible for an emergency response function,
1.2 This practice identifies the basic types of emergency
which otherwise has no standing as a formal division or
service volunteer, and the types of activities that should be
resource of that authority. For the purposes of this practice, the
covered by workers’ compensation insurance.
auxiliary status of an ESU means it has no legal responsibility
1.3 Thispracticeincludesbothemergencyserviceunitswho
for the services itself within the jurisdiction of the agency, and
operate as organized resources to a public authority legally
no authority to provide them without acting under that of the
responsible for the provision of search and rescue and other
agency.
emergencyservices,aswellasthosevolunteerswhorespondto
2.2.1 Discussion—The auxiliary unit is typically organized
a general request to the public for their services.
as a division of an agency (as defined in 2.12), or as a
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
non-profit corporation as defined in IRS Section 501(c)3, and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
which has a command structure that enables it to fit within the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
incident command system of a requesting agency. Such a unit
priate safety, health, and environmental practices and deter-
is expected to adopt a training program sufficient to maintain a
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
skill level equal to or greater than recognized national stan-
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
dards or as acceptable to the agency requesting their services,
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
and will typically engage in community education programs.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Some examples of an AU are volunteer search and rescue
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
resources, air search squads, emergency managers, search dog
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
specialists, ambulance squads, fire fighters, disaster service
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
workers, and communication specialists who are asked to
respond to assist another state, county, or national park to
2. Terminology
provide their services to augment those available to the
2.1 activity period—The period during which the emer-
authorized requesting agency in that other state or jurisdiction.
gency services volunteer, unit, or auxiliary is exercising the
2.3 call-out—the notice and request to activate an ESU or
skills for which it has been requested.
ESV by an agency for the purpose of providing emergency
2.1.1 Discussion—This activity period may include a wide
services on behalf of the requesting agency.
variety of functions, including but not limited to: a search and
2.3.1 Discussion—If members are requested to respond
rescue team member searching or climbing a cliff, a dog team
directly, through radio paging, for example, then each member
handler following a scent; a firefighter engaged in suppressing
is considered to be called-out and responding as of that time.
a fire or rescuing a person from a burning building; an
ambulance driver or medic providing medical assistance; a
2.4 check-in—the process by which one party notifies a
second of being in-service or responding to a request for
1
This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F32 on Search and services, and the second party acknowledges, typically by
Rescue and is the direct responsibility of F32.02 on Management and Operations.
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1.5.1 Any system, method, or device different from that detailed herein may be examined, in accordance with the intent of this standard, and if found equivalent, may be included.  
1.6 Nothing in this classification shall be construed to prohibit better or safer conditions than the requirements specified herein.  
1.7 Each standard designation cited shall be meant to be the edition in effect on the date this classification was published.  
1.8 A rationale is given in Appendix X1.  
Note 1: For more information on the construction of bank and mercantile vaults, refer to the following documents: ASTM Specifications A184/A184M, A615/A615M, A635/A635M, C33, C94/C94M, C150, C494/C494M, C618, C685/C685M; American Concrete Institute Building Requirements ACI 318, and American Welding Society Structural Welding Code D 1.4.  
1.9 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are given for information only.

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ASTM A370-23(Test Method)
Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 The primary use of these test methods is testing to determine the specified mechanical properties of steel, stainless steel, and related alloy products for the evaluation of conformance of such products to a material specification under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 and its subcommittees as designated by a purchaser in a purchase order or contract.  
4.1.1 These test methods may be and are used by other ASTM Committees and other standards writing bodies for the purpose of conformance testing.  
4.1.2 The material condition at the time of testing, sampling frequency, specimen location and orientation, reporting requirements, and other test parameters are contained in the pertinent material specification or in a general requirement specification for the particular product form.  
4.1.3 Some material specifications require the use of additional test methods not described herein; in such cases, the required test method is described in that material specification or by reference to another appropriate test method standard.  
4.2 These test methods are also suitable to be used for testing of steel, stainless steel and related alloy materials for other purposes, such as incoming material acceptance testing by the purchaser or evaluation of components after service exposure.  
4.2.1 As with any mechanical testing, deviations from either specification limits or expected as-manufactured properties can occur for valid reasons besides deficiency of the original as-fabricated product. These reasons include, but are not limited to: subsequent service degradation from environmental exposure (for example, temperature, corrosion); static or cyclic service stress effects, mechanically-induced damage, material inhomogeneity, anisotropic structure, natural aging of select alloys, further processing not included in the specification, sampling limitations, and measuring equipment calibration uncertainty. There is statistical variation in all aspects of mechanical testin...
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1.1 These test methods2 cover procedures and definitions for the mechanical testing of steels, stainless steels, and related alloys. The various mechanical tests herein described are used to determine properties required in the product specifications. Variations in testing methods are to be avoided, and standard methods of testing are to be followed to obtain reproducible and comparable results. In those cases in which the testing requirements for certain products are unique or at variance with these general procedures, the product specification testing requirements shall control.  
1.2 The following mechanical tests are described:    
Sections  
Tension  
7 to 14  
Bend  
15  
Hardness  
16  
Brinell  
17  
Rockwell  
18  
Portable  
19  
Impact  
20 to 30  
Keywords  
32  
1.3 Annexes covering details peculiar to certain products are appended to these test methods as follows:    
Annex  
Bar Products  
Annex A1  
Tubular Products  
Annex A2  
Fasteners  
Annex A3  
Round Wire Products  
Annex A4  
Significance of Notched-Bar Impact Testing  
Annex A5  
Converting Percentage Elongation of Round Specimens to
Equivalents for Flat Specimens  
Annex A6    
Testing Multi-Wire Strand  
Annex A7  
Rounding of Test Data  
Annex A8  
Methods for Testing Steel Reinforcing Bars  
Annex A9  
Procedure for Use and Control of Heat-cycle Simulation  
Annex A10  
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.  
1.5 When these test methods are referenced in a metric product specification, the yield and tensile values may be determined in inch-pound (ksi) units then converted into SI (MPa) units. The elongation determined in inch-pound gauge lengths of 2 in. or 8 in. may be report...

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