Impacts on Incident Response

29 CFR 500.105(b)(2)(x) requires “any truck when used for the transportation of migrant or seasonal agricultural workers, if such workers are being transported in excess of 600 miles, shall be stopped for a period of not less than eight consecutive hours either before or upon completion of 600 miles travel, and either before or upon completion of any subsequent 600 miles travel to provide rest for drivers and passengers”. When life or property is threatened by a wildfire, incidents will routinely ask firefighters to immediately engage in fire suppression, whenever it is safe to do so, and to mitigate their work-to-rest ratio once the emergency conditions have passed. Engaging in firefighting activities under these circumstances in order to protect life and property would constitute a violation of the MSPA.