First Responders Standards and Resources Directory
The CSA Group first responder portfolio offers a wide array of standards and resources focused on addressing the latest challenges first responders face.
The CSA Group first responder portfolio includes a range of tools and resources to help improve safety and address the modern challenges this important industry faces. This portfolio includes standards, training, research, and additional support materials that focus on paramedic services, equipment, and facilities, psychological health and well-being of paramedics, emerging technologies in paramedicine, and more. Click the links below to learn more:
Standards & Trainings
CAN/CSA-Z94.4-18 Selection, use, and care of respirators
CSA-Z94.3:20 Eye and face protectors
CSA-Z96:22 High visibility safety apparel
CSA-Z180.1:19 Compressed breathing air and systems
CSA D500:20: Ergonomic design for ambulances and related equipment
Z1003.1-18: Psychological health and safety in the paramedic service organization
CSA Z1008:21 Management of impairment in the workplace
CSA Z1008:21 Management of impairment in the workplace - Online Training
CSA Z1011.1:22: Work disability management in the paramedic service organization
CAN/CGSB/CSA-Z1610-11 (R2021) Protection of first responders from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) events
CAN/CGSB/CSA-Z1640-18 Personal protective equipment (PPE) for investigating and dismantling clandestine drug laboratories
CAN/CSA-Z1630-17: Community paramedicine: Framework for program development
CSA Z1635:22: Functional requirements and core data set for a Canadian paramedic information system (CPIS)
CSA Z1650:21: Paramedic response to the opioid crisis: Education and training across the treatment and care continuum in out-of-hospital and community settings
Opiod Response & Management Training
Resources
Health in the North – The Potential for Community Paramedicine in Remote and/or Isolated Indigenous Communities
Advances in Community Paramedicine in Response to COVID-19:
Health Service Needs in the North
Workplace Fatigue: Current Landscape and Future Considerations
Preventing Violence and Harassment in Canadian Workplaces
Workplace Policies on Substance Use: Implications for Canada
Other Supporting Documents
PLUS 2003.7 Crisis management - Special focus on suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
CSA EXP15:21 Remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) operator competency requirements for emergency services
CSA-Z195.1-16 Guideline on selection, care, and use of protective footwear
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