AHJ's Responsibilities

The Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) is the local organization that handles rescue operations.

The AHJ is responsible for:

• Enforcing code and standard requirements
• Establishing capability levels
• Training rescuers
• Conducting hazard identification and risk assessment for a response area
• Planning for incident response
• Approving equipment (operational and PPE)
• Determining to what level of functional capability an organization prepares