Each member of the Emergency Services Division shall be accountable for one Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) device, and shall check all functions of the PASS device at the beginning of each shift and after each use, or at any other time necessary. The company officers shall insure that any additional PASS devices assigned to each apparatus is checked at the beginning of each shift.

The PASS device shall be attached to the SCBA harness.

If a PASS device is found to be functioning improperly, it shall be taken out of service, tagged, reported and replaced as soon as possible, when operating at all hazardous incidents, (ie: fires, haz mat. etc.).

ALL PERSONNEL WILL ARM THE PASS DEVICE UPON EXITING THE APPARATUS.

PASS devices that inadvertently activate and sound an alarm tone, and are allowed to continuously sound the alarm tone while on the incident, with no emergency present, will cause the Personal Alert Safety System to become INEFFECTIVE.

PASS devices that inadvertently activate and sound an alarm tone, while on the incident with no emergency present shall be reset immediately. Each member should be sure that it is not their alarm sounding when an alarm tone continues to sound.

The company officer and/or Safety Officer may, when safety is assured, allow members to deactivate the PASS device. It is the responsibility of all members to be alert for the alarm tone and investigate it immediately within the guidelines of the command structure (NO FREELANCE INVESTIGATIONS OF ALARM TONES).