Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide employees with operational safety plans

Stronger safety rules for Parks employees

The law requires the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to create and get approval of a safety plan before sending any employee into hazardous conditions. The plan lists risks and ways to reduce them, team roles, an on-site lead, the chain of command, emergency contacts, and evacuation steps when they apply. Employees must check in with the incident commander or safety officer for incident-specific procedures before taking any action at the scene. The Commissioner or a designee approves plans, checks training for each role, and confirms the work is essential. When another agency leads a response, the Office makes reasonable efforts to give employees that lead agency’s incident-specific safety plan.