Standards & Protocols
Nova Scotia Fire Service Minimum Standards
The FSANS Standards Committee is actively working on developing policies for minimum standards for the Nova Scotia Fire Service. Listed below are active Standards, showing the progress. All firefighters in Nova Scotia are encouraged to submit suggestions to be considered by the committee for inclusion in policies that are showing as being under development. Once a draft policy has been developed, it will appear below for review and comments. It is important to mention that these are the minimum standards. We encourage individual departments and organizations to build on these minimum standards to strengthen their own organizations. The directors of FSANS will notify the departments they represent as new policies are posted for review. Although these Standards are being written in the mandated form, they will remain as guidelines only until they are legislated.
REF# 07-01 Officer Qualification
Date of Draft: Aug 22, 2007
Comments before Date: Sep 24, 2007
Date Approved by Directors: Sep 30, 2007
Approved by Fire Advisory: Oct 10, 2007
REF# 08-02 Training - Orientation Level
Date of Draft: Mar 11, 2008
Comments before Date: June 6 , 2008
Date Approved by Directors: Oct 5, 2008
Approved by Fire Advisory:
REF# 08-03 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Date of Draft: Mar 11, 2008
Comments before Date: June 6 , 2008
Date Approved by Directors: Oct 5, 2008
Approved by Fire Advisory:
REF# 08-04 Fire Dispatch Standards
Date of Draft: Jul 14, 2017
Comments before Date:
Date Approved by Directors: Sep 24, 2017
Approved by Fire Advisory:
REF# Exterior Firefighter
Date of Draft:
Comments before Date:
Date Approved by Directors: Oct 14, 2017
Approved by Fire Advisory:
REF# Interior Firefighter
Date of Draft:
Comments before Date:
Date Approved by Directors: Oct 14, 2017
Approved by Fire Advisory:
REF# Uniform Protocol
Date of Draft:
Comments before Date:
Date Approved by Directors: Oct 2020
Approved by Fire Advisory: