Required equipment

• Employees must have access to the alarm system and/or direct contact with another employee whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled.

All facilities must be equipped with the following (unless the facility does not handle materials that would require the equipment to respond to emergencies):

• Internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal);
• A device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments, or state and/or local emergency response teams;
• Portable fire extinguishers, fire control equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment; and
• Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams, or foam-producing equipment, or automatic sprinklers, or water spray systems.

All equipment must be maintained and tested to assure proper operation.

Employees must have access to the alarm system and/or direct contact with another employee whenever hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled. Employees working alone must have the capability of summoning external emergency assistance.

The regulations require there to be enough aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment to any area of the facility in an emergency.