H-0125 Level C Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Deployment and Usage.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures LEVEL C PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TITLE: NO: H-125 (PPE) DEPLOYMENT AND USAGE APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: January 8, 2007 10/20/2020 00/00/00 11/28/2007 POLICY Due to the limited scope of protection offered by the Level C suit, the suits shall be donned only when authorized by the Sheriff’s Office Watch Lieutenant or on-scene Incident Commander under the considerations outlined below. PROCEDURE When a request is made for Sheriff’s Office personnel to operate in a potential Hazardous Materials or Weapons of Mass Destruction contamination area, the Sheriff’s Office Watch Lieutenant or on-scene Incident Commander may, after considering the degree of identification of hazards, the risks to personnel, and potential benefit of deploying personnel into the contaminated area, order the distribution and donning of Level C suits to designated Sheriff’s Office personnel.