J15 Equipment Inspection, Ladders and Aerial Devices

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.12, 1.15, 17.2 and 23.13 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [NS], 2025); Occupational Safety General Regulations, ss. 6, 8, 73 to 76, 140(4), 147 to 152, 148(3) and 198 to 202 (Occupational Safety General Regulations [NS], 2025).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Equipment is inspected by the user before each use and by a competent person at least annually (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 1.12).
• Records. Inspection and maintenance records are kept two years (s. 1.15; Occupational Safety General Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 8 table); other records the general regulations require are kept five years by default (s. 8).
• Fire aerial devices. The latest NFPA 1914 or ULC S515, or certified in writing by an engineer as safe to elevate a firefighter (Occupational Safety General Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 201); no interval is stated. Elevating work platforms used for firefighting follow the latest NFPA 1901 and NFPA 1911 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 23.13(2)); other vehicle-mounted aerial devices and platforms follow the latest CSA C225 and B354 parts (s. 23.13(1)), with inspection and repair records naming and signed by the person (s. 23.13(3)).
• Fire ground ladders. Designed to NFPA 1931 and used, maintained and service tested to NFPA 1932 (Occupational Safety General Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 200); they are exempt from the general portable ladder standard (s. 150(1)).
• General ladders. Portable ladders inspected before use; fixed ladders to ANSI A14.3 (ss. 147-152).
• Hoists and winches. Competent-person inspection yearly, monthly visual inspection in service and daily operator inspection (ss. 73(4)(a), 75, 76).

Fire-service nuance.

• Standards are read in their latest version (s. 6), so NFPA 1914 and 1911 now point to NFPA 1910 (2024) and NFPA 1901 to NFPA 1900 (2024); the annual interval in NFPA 1910 is the practical floor (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• Where Part 16 of the general regulations names a different standard from the newer platform rules, either is acceptable (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [NS], 2025, s. 17.2).
• Firefighters in structural firefighting or rescue are relieved of the general ladder positioning rules and the access and egress rule (Occupational Safety General Regulations [NS], 2025, ss. 140(4), 148(3)), but must still be secured; see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.
• Two intrinsically safe hand lights on every truck (s. 202).

Status. Verified against the official text: the general regulations’ Part 16 and the 2025 regulations read on the research date and on 2026-10-23.

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, ss. 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.9, Part 13 and Part 31, ss. 31.7 to 31.9 and 31.33 to 31.37 (Occupational Health and Safety Regulation [BC], 2026); WorkSafeBC guidelines G31.33 to G31.37 (WorkSafeBC, n.d.).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Regular inspections of tools, equipment and machinery at intervals that prevent unsafe conditions (s. 3.5), special inspections after a malfunction or accident (s. 3.7), and remedy without delay (s. 3.9). Equipment is used, installed, inspected, tested, repaired and maintained to the manufacturer’s instructions and any required standard, or as an engineer specifies (s. 4.3(1)-(2)); unsafe equipment is identified so it is not returned to service by mistake (s. 4.3(3)); reassembled equipment is checked by a qualified person (s. 4.6).
• Records. Inspection and maintenance records follow the logbook content in s. 4.9(2) and are kept for the service life of the equipment (s. 4.9(3)); fire department test and inspection records are kept at the workplace for officers and the committee (s. 31.9).
• Aerial devices. Fire aerials meet NFPA 1904 (1991) (s. 31.33); they are “inspected and tested in accordance with good engineering practice at intervals not exceeding 12 months, and certified as safe for use by a professional engineer or the equipment manufacturer”, following NFPA 1914 (1991) (s. 31.34); a positive turntable lock (s. 31.35); an operator at the lower controls in sight and voice contact (s. 31.36).
• Ground ladders. Designed to NFPA 1931 (1989) and used, tested and maintained to NFPA 1932 (1989) (s. 31.37).
• Defects and incidents. Structural failures and manufacturing defects in firefighting vehicles, apparatus or equipment are reported to WorkSafeBC without delay (s. 31.8), and equipment involved in a serious injury, death or close call is impounded until released (s. 31.7).
• General ladders and platforms. Portable ladders and work platforms meet the CSA or ANSI standard in effect at manufacture (s. 13.2); ladders are inspected before use each shift and set at about 75 degrees, about 1 m above the landing and secured (ss. 13.3-13.5); vehicle-mounted and boom-supported elevating work platforms are inspected at least every 12 months and certified in writing (s. 13.23(1)).

Fire-service nuance.

• WorkSafeBC accepts NFPA 1911 (2017) for aerials, which means non-destructive testing every five years and all other inspection and testing annually; it treats the professional engineers’ annual equipment inspection guideline as good engineering practice (WorkSafeBC, n.d., G31.33-G31.34).
• WorkSafeBC accepts the 2010 editions of NFPA 1931 and 1932 for ground ladders, which require a visual inspection at least monthly and after each use and a service test before first use, at least annually and after overloading, impact, flame or heat exposure or repair (WorkSafeBC, n.d., G31.37). NFPA has since consolidated these into a single ground ladder standard.
• Aerial ladder belts and platform harnesses are in s. 31.17; see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.
• A periodic-certification amendment naming Part 31 equipment is reported for 2027-09-01.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulation current to 2026-10-20; guidelines read).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Code, ss. 12 to 14, 124 to 137, 128(2), 260 and 347 (Occupational Health and Safety Code [AB], 2025).

What must be covered.

• General inspection and maintenance. Equipment and PPE are maintained, function safely and are free from obvious defects; rated capacities and modifications are respected; and all use, servicing, testing and maintenance follow the manufacturer’s specifications or specifications certified by an engineer (s. 12(b)-(e)). Where no manufacturer’s specifications exist, an engineer certifies the equipment every 12 months (s. 13(2)(b)); certifications are written, stamped and signed (s. 14).
• Powered mobile equipment is inspected by a competent worker to the manufacturer’s specifications and not operated until hazards are repaired (s. 260).
• Records. No general retention period; only specific ones (for example confined space records, s. 58).
• Aerial devices and platforms. Vehicle-mounted aerial devices, expressly including an “aerial ladder”, meet CAN/CSA C225-00 (R2005) (s. 347(5)); self-propelled and manually propelled elevating work platforms made on or after 2009-07-01 meet the listed CSA B354 or ANSI A92 standards (s. 347(1)-(4)). No interval is set; ss. 12 and 13 apply.
• Ladders. Portable ladders made on or after 2009-07-01 meet CSA CAN3-Z11-M81 (R2005) or ANSI A14.1, A14.2 or A14.5 (2007) (s. 135); no work from the top two rungs (s. 133); a 1:4 base ratio and 1 m above the landing (s. 136); fall protection from 3 m on a portable ladder (s. 137).

Fire-service nuance.

• The Code names no NFPA ladder or aerial standard. Use NFPA 1910 (2024) for aerial inspection and testing and the current NFPA ground ladder standard as the manufacturer-and-engineer basis that s. 12 requires (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• The rule against workers on an extending boom ladder while it moves does not apply to professional firefighters (s. 128(2)).
• Apparatus registered at 11,794 kg or more are commercial vehicles needing an annual commercial vehicle inspection; the municipal firefighting vehicle permit allows inspection every three years or 5,000 km instead (Government of Alberta, 2026); see J30 Emergency Vehicles, Drivers and Licensing.
• C225’s own scope is reported to exclude firefighting aerials, which would leave s. 347(5) applying a standard the equipment was not built to.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Code consolidated to 2025-03-31). The C225 scope point is from a secondary source.

Law. The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020, ss. 3-12, 3-14, 11-6, 12-1, 12-25, 12-26, 16-5 to 16-7 and 32-5 to 32-8 (The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 [SK], 2021); Approved Standards and Practices (Government of Saskatchewan, n.d.-a).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Regular examination of plant, with unsafe conditions corrected (s. 3-12); all equipment maintained at intervals sufficient for safe functioning, defects corrected by a competent person, and unsafe equipment reported by workers (s. 3-14); powered mobile equipment inspected, tested and maintained to the manufacturer’s specifications or an approved standard (s. 11-6).
• Firefighting vehicles and equipment. Designed, maintained and inspected for firefighter safety (s. 32-5); inspected by a competent person “as often as is necessary”, with a signed written record kept at the place of employment and open to the committee (s. 32-7); repairs to the manufacturer’s instructions by qualified persons, with records (s. 32-8).
• Aerial devices. An aerial ladder is an “aerial device” (s. 12-1), built and maintained to an approved standard (CSA C225:20, CAN/CSA B354.6:17 and related B354 parts) or certified by an engineer (s. 12-25(1); Government of Saskatchewan, n.d.-a); maintenance only by competent persons, with a record tag at the operator station, trained operators and a manual on the device (ss. 12-25, 12-26).
• Ladders. Non-slip feet, secured, 1 m above the landing, a 1:4 slope, three-point contact, not from the top two rungs; stepladders no more than 6 m, extension ladders no more than 14.6 m (two sections) or 20 m (three or more), any section no more than 9 m (ss. 16-6, 16-7).
• Records. Part 32 inspection and repair records must be kept, but no period is stated; no general default period.

Fire-service nuance.

• No pump or aerial test interval is set; the department’s adopted standard (NFPA 1910) sets the interval that “as often as is necessary” will be judged against (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• A worker raised on an aerial device uses a personal fall arrest system attached to an approved anchor point (s. 12-25(2)(h)-(i)); see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulations consolidated to 2021-04-01; approved list read).

Law. Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, ss. 2.10, 13.11 to 13.19, 16.4, 16.25, 22.3, 22.20 to 22.21, 28.37 to 28.44 and 42.4(2) (Workplace Safety and Health Regulation [MB], 2026).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Machines and tools are used, inspected and operated to the manufacturer’s specifications, installed, tested, repaired and maintained to the manufacturer’s or an engineer’s specifications, and inspected at regular intervals (s. 16.4); hand and power tools are inspected before use and defective ones removed (s. 16.25); powered mobile equipment is inspected by a competent person as often as necessary and not operated until defects are fixed (s. 22.3).
• Firefighting vehicles and equipment. Inspected by a competent person to the manufacturer’s specifications, with a signed written record readily available to firefighters; defects repaired by a competent person as soon as reasonably practicable, with interim protection (s. 42.4(2)).
• Records. Any record the regulation requires is kept at least five years by default (s. 2.10).
• Aerial devices and platforms. An “aerial device” includes an aerial ladder (s. 1.1); elevating work platforms and aerial devices meet CAN/CSA-B354 parts or CAN/CSA-C225-10 (R15) (s. 28.37(1)), with a competent person’s inspection before first use and daily while in use (s. 28.44).
• Ladders. Commercially manufactured portable ladders meet CSA Z11-18 or ANSI A14.1, A14.2 or A14.5 (2017) (s. 13.11); no NFPA ground ladder standard is named.

Fire-service nuance.

• Firefighters on firefighting equipment are exempt from the ban on riding a moving boom ladder, but fall protection still applies on a boom ladder (s. 22.21(2)-(3)); see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.
• Manitoba sets no NFPA pump, aerial or ladder test interval; adopt NFPA 1910 and the NFPA ground ladder standard as the department’s own standard rather than citing them as law (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• Fire safety inspection records under the fire statute are kept seven years (The Fires Prevention and Emergency Response Act [MB], 2026, s. 21(2)(c)).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulation current to 2026-10-20).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 25(1)(b) (Occupational Health and Safety Act [ON], 1990); O. Reg. 714/94, s. 6 (Firefighters: Protective Equipment [ON], 2026, s. 6); Reg. 851, ss. 51 and 73 where it applies (Industrial Establishments [ON], 2026). Guidance: Section 21 notes 1-2, 1-6, 4-11 and 7-7 (MLITSD, n.d.).

What must be covered.

• General duty. Equipment, materials and protective devices are maintained in good condition (Occupational Health and Safety Act [ON], 1990, s. 25(1)(b)); no general periodic inspection interval exists in Reg. 851.
• Chassis-mounted aerial devices (Firefighters: Protective Equipment [ON], 2026, s. 6). Visually inspected by a competent person at the times the manufacturer recommends and “at least once every calendar year”, and also before first use, after every major repair, after unusual stress or load, and when maximum loads may have been exceeded; tested non-destructively when a visual inspection shows a potential hazard and at least every five years; both to NFPA 1914 (1991), excluding s. 1-7. A device with a hazard is taken out of service, repaired by a competent person, and any welds approved by a CSA W178.2 Level III welding inspector. Service records of inspections, tests, problems, repairs and the competent persons’ names and signatures are kept for as long as the device is in service (s. 6(2)-(7)).
• Lifting devices. Examined by a competent person before first use and at least yearly, with a signed record kept at least one year or until two records exist (Industrial Establishments [ON], 2026, s. 51).
• Portable ladders. Sound, with non-slip feet and firm footing; held by a worker if longer than 6 m and not secured; base set back one quarter to one third of the length (s. 73).
• Guidance. A preventive maintenance program for apparatus against NFPA 1910, with records of date, odometer, inspection and repairs (GN 1-2); inspection of chains, webbing, wire rope and extrication tools (GN 1-6); ladder belts as work positioning on aerial ladders, with anchors of at least 2 kN for travel restraint and 8 kN for fall arrest (GN 4-11); ground ladder training (GN 7-7) (MLITSD, n.d.).

Fire-service nuance.

• Ontario sets no legal ground ladder standard for fire departments; whether Reg. 851 reaches a fire station is an interpretation, so adopt NFPA ground ladder testing by policy.
• Elevating work platform rules for construction projects (Construction Projects [ON], 2026, ss. 143-149) are revoked on 2027-01-01, and a separate elevating work platform regulation was filed in 2026 (O. Reg. 117/26); its scope was not read.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (e-Laws current to 2026-10-20; O. Reg. 714/94 s. 6 read in full).

Law. Act respecting occupational health and safety, s. 51(7) (Act respecting occupational health and safety [QC], 2026); Regulation respecting occupational health and safety, ss. 25 to 30, 245, 262 and 263.1 (Regulation respecting occupational health and safety [QC], 2026). Guidance: the ministry’s vehicles and accessories guide (Ministère de la Sécurité publique, 2026).

What must be covered.

• General duty. The employer supplies safety equipment and keeps it in good condition (Act respecting occupational health and safety [QC], 2026, s. 51(7)); there is no general all-equipment inspection interval and no default retention period in the regulation.
• Hoisting devices are inspected before first use and inspected and maintained to the manufacturer’s instructions or an equivalent standard (Regulation respecting occupational health and safety [QC], 2026, s. 245).
• Aerial baskets. Lifting devices with aerial baskets meet CSA C225 or ANSI A92.2 applicable at manufacture (s. 262), with operator training to C225-00 (s. 263.1).
• Ladders. Portable ladders to CSA Z11; extension ladders no longer than 15 m; no metal ladders near exposed circuits (ss. 25-30).
• Guidance. The ministry’s guide for intervention vehicles and accessories sets maintenance and evaluation programs and annual tests for vehicles and certain equipment, including SCBA (Ministère de la Sécurité publique, 2026).

Fire-service nuance.

• No fire-specific aerial or ground ladder rule exists in law; the ministry guide and NFPA 1910 are the benchmark, and the CNESST enforces through the general duty (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• On construction sites, mobile elevating work platforms are built to CSA B354.6 with a structural inspection at 10 years and every five years after (Safety Code for the construction industry [QC], 2026, s. 2.15.16); this does not cover fire apparatus.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulations consolidated to 2026-07-01; guide page read).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 9(2)(a) (Occupational Health and Safety Act [NB], 1983); General Regulation 91-191, ss. 80, 82, 122 to 126, 130, 232, 235, 236, 51.8 and 51.91 to 51.95 (General Regulation: Occupational Health and Safety Act [NB], 2026).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Tools and equipment are maintained in good condition (Occupational Health and Safety Act [NB], 1983, s. 9(2)(a)); the owner of a tool ensures it is inspected before use and the user inspects it and reports defects (General Regulation: Occupational Health and Safety Act [NB], 2026, ss. 80, 82(2)); machines are used and maintained to the manufacturer’s specifications and regularly inspected, with defective machines removed from service (ss. 235-236). No default retention period.
• Fire aerial devices. NFPA 1904 (1991) or CAN/ULC-S515-M88, or certified by an engineer as safe to elevate personnel (s. 51.92); a harness is worn when working from an aerial device (s. 51.8). No interval is stated.
• Fire ground ladders. NFPA 1931 (design) and NFPA 1932 (use, maintenance and service testing), 1994 editions (s. 51.91).
• Other aerial devices and platforms. Aerial devices (booms positioning a person by bucket, basket, ladder or platform) to CSA C225-M88 or engineer-certified (s. 232(1)); elevating work platforms to the listed CSA B354 parts “or equivalent or better” (s. 130(1)).
• Portable ladders. CSA Z11-12 (R2017) or the listed ANSI standard; extension ladders of no more than three sections with set overlaps; no work from the top three rungs (ss. 122-126).

Fire-service nuance.

• Firefighters in structural fire-fighting or rescue are exempt from the centre-stance, scaffold-use and top-three-rung ladder rules (s. 125(4)); the exemption does not cover training or station work.
• Older equipment bought before Part VII.1 took effect may meet older editions (s. 51.94); for new aerials, record compliance with NFPA 1910 (2024) and the current ground ladder standard as equal or better (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• Two portable hand lights of at least 6 V on each fire truck (s. 51.95).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulation consolidated to 2026-06-30).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Act, s. 12(1)(b) (Occupational Health and Safety Act [PE], 1988); General Regulations, ss. 29.2 to 29.6, 30.3, 33.1 to 33.3, 34.5 and Part 23 (Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations [PE], 2025).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Equipment is maintained and fitted with safety features to the manufacturer’s specifications (Occupational Health and Safety Act [PE], 1988, s. 12(1)(b)); tools are inspected before use, power tools at regular intervals, and defective tools removed (Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations [PE], 2025, ss. 29.2, 29.5, 29.6(a)); machinery is used to the manufacturer’s specifications, regularly inspected, and removed from service if defective (s. 30.3).
• Mobile equipment and trucks. Competent operators, manufacturer-based maintenance and a pre-shift inspection (ss. 33.1-33.3); applying these to fire apparatus is an interpretation.
• Hoisting apparatus is inspected before first use, monthly and after an incident, with a log book (s. 34.5).
• Ladders. Non-slip bases, no metal ladders near live circuits, base out no more than one quarter of the length, rails 914 mm above the landing, inspection before use, and no work from the top three rungs (Part 23).
• Aerial devices. No elevating work platform or aerial device provision was found in the General Regulations or the Fall Protection Regulations.

Fire-service nuance.

• With no aerial or ground ladder rule, the department’s adopted standards (NFPA 1910 and the NFPA ground ladder standard) set the inspection and test intervals it will be judged against (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• No default retention period is set; keep aerial and ladder records for the life of the equipment.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulations consolidated to 2025-01-01).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012, ss. 88, 92, 148 to 156, 202 to 206 and 251 (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2012 [NL], 2026).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Tools and equipment are used, inspected, tested and maintained to the manufacturer’s instructions, a standard acceptable to the minister, or an engineer’s specifications, and checked after reassembly (s. 88); unsafe equipment is removed from service and identified (s. 92).
• Records. Mobile equipment records are kept available (s. 251(1), (4)); no default retention period.
• Fire aerial devices. “Vehicles with Mounted Aerial Devices (fire fighting equipment)” meet NFPA 1911 (2007) (s. 251(3) table).
• Other aerial devices and platforms. Elevating work platforms to the CSA B354 or ANSI A92 parts, and vehicle-mounted aerial devices, including aerial ladders, to CSA C225 (s. 202); records (s. 204); operator inspection each shift (s. 205); maintenance to the manufacturer’s instructions, with insulated aerial devices dielectric-tested yearly (s. 206).
• Ladders. CSA Z11 or ANSI A14; inspected before use; about 1:4; about 1 m above the landing; not from the top two rungs; three points of contact (ss. 148-156).

Fire-service nuance.

• NFPA 1911 (2007) is now part of NFPA 1910 (2024); the regulation presumes references are to the most current code (s. 2(2)), so follow NFPA 1910 (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• No NFPA ground ladder standard is named; adopt NFPA ground ladder testing by policy.
• Emergency action near high-voltage lines by trained workers is exempt from approach distances (s. 501); see J19 Lockout, Machine Guarding and Electrical Safety.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulations consolidated to NLR 48/26).

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.07, 4.02, 4.03, 6.02, 6.04, 6.06, 9.06, 10.25 to 10.32 and 11.23 to 11.25 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Safeguards checked before operation (s. 1.07); tools inspected before use, with defective tools reported and not used (ss. 4.02-4.03); mobile equipment maintained to the manufacturer’s instructions, unsafe units identified and records kept, with the operator’s pre-start inspection logged (ss. 6.02, 6.04).
• Fire aerial devices. Built to NFPA 1901, and “inspected, tested and certified every 12 months” by a professional engineer or the manufacturer to NFPA 1914 (s. 11.23); a turntable lock and a qualified operator at the lower controls (s. 11.24). Non-fire aerial devices follow CAN/CSA-C225-00, and firefighting units NFPA 1901, current edition (s. 6.06(g)-(h)); insulated aerial devices are dielectric-tested every 12 months (s. 9.06(1)).
• Fire ground ladders. NFPA 1931 and NFPA 1932 (s. 11.25).
• General ladders and platforms. Portable ladders to CSA Z11-M81 or ANSI A14.1 or A14.2, with maximum lengths (single 9 m; two-section extension 15 m; more sections 20 m), secured above 3 m, 1 m above the landing and not from the top three rungs (ss. 10.25-10.29); elevating work platforms to the CSA B354 parts (s. 10.32).
• Records. No default retention period.

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 standards mean the current edition unless the board accepts another (s. 11.03); NFPA 1914 and 1901 are now in NFPA 1910 and NFPA 1900 (2024) (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• The aerial ladder belt and platform harness rules are in s. 11.08; see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulation renderings read; Part 11 consolidation current to 2022-09-30).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 22, 24, 175(2), 198, 199, 258 to 260, 482 and 483 (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [NT], 2024); Code of Practice: Firefighters (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission [WSCC], 2017).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Regular examination of plant (s. 22); equipment maintained at intervals sufficient for safe functioning, with defects fixed or the equipment replaced or removed from service (s. 24).
• Firefighting equipment. Inspected by a competent person as often as necessary, defects repaired, and signed records kept at the work site (s. 482); repairs to the manufacturer’s specifications by qualified individuals, with records (s. 483).
• Aerial devices. An aerial ladder is an “aerial device”, built to an approved standard or certified by an engineer (s. 198(1)); maintenance and inspection only by competent individuals, with a record tag at the operator station (s. 199); operators trained (s. 198(5)).
• Ladders. Non-slip and secured; 1 m above the landing; stepladders no more than 6 m; extension ladders 14.6 m (two sections) or 20 m (more), any section 9 m; a 1:4 slope; not from the top two rungs (ss. 258-260). No firefighter exemption.
• Records. No default retention period.

Fire-service nuance.

• A worker may remain on a firefighting aerial ladder while it moves (s. 175(2)).
• The code of practice’s internal compliance checklist expects records of annual pump tests, driver training, weekly air brake checks and hose and ladder testing (WSCC, 2017).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulations consolidated to about 2024-09-26; code read).

Law. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 22, 24, 175(2), 198, 199, 259, 482 and 483 (Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [NU], 2021); Code of Practice: Firefighters (WSCC, 2017).

What must be covered.

• The text and numbering are the same as in the Northwest Territories: regular examination and maintenance of equipment (ss. 22, 24); competent-person inspection of firefighting equipment with signed records (s. 482) and qualified repairs (s. 483); aerial devices, including aerial ladders, to an approved standard or engineer certification, with a record tag (ss. 198-199); portable ladder limits (s. 259).
• The code’s records checklist applies (WSCC, 2017).

Fire-service nuance.

• The 2025 amendments do not touch these sections.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (official consolidation 2021-09-28 with 2025 amendments).

Law. Canada Labour Code, s. 125(1)(t) (Canada Labour Code [CA], 1985); Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 3.11, 12.09(8), 13.9 to 13.11 and 14.20 (Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [CA], 2026).

What must be covered.

• General duty. Machinery, equipment and tools meet prescribed standards (Canada Labour Code [CA], 1985, s. 125(1)(t)).
• Tools. Defective tools are reported, tagged and removed (Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations [CA], 2026, ss. 13.9-13.10), with training in inspection and maintenance (s. 13.11); no periodic interval is set.
• Materials handling equipment, which includes mobile equipment that lifts or positions persons, is inspected by a qualified person at the nature and frequency set in written instructions; signed inspection reports are kept one year and the instructions while the equipment is in use (s. 14.20). Aerial devices and platforms fall under this rule; CSA B354 and C225 are not named.
• Fall restraint on aerial devices and scissor lifts (s. 12.09(8)).
• Ladders. Portable ladders to CSA CAN3-Z11-M81; secured or set out one quarter to one third of the length; extending three rungs above the landing; no work from the top three rungs or the top two steps of a stepladder (s. 3.11).

Fire-service nuance.

• There is no fire-specific aerial or ladder rule; federal fire services should write NFPA 1910 and the NFPA ground ladder standard into the s. 14.20 written instructions (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• Airport rescue and firefighting vehicles and agents are tested under the aviation rules and Standard 323 (annual foam concentration testing) (Transport Canada, 2026); see J12 Fire Service OHS Rules and Fireground Operations.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (consolidated to 2026-09-30).