Interpretation ID: aiam0047
Managing Editor
Fire Engineering
The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation
466 Lexington Avenue
New York
NY 10017;
Dear Miss Ferguson: Thank you for your letter of February 27, 1968, to the Federal Highwa Safety Bureau, in regard to obtaining information about *Safety Standard No. 209,* seat belt assemblies.; Regarding your question on seat belt usage as pertaining to a fir apparatus vehicle, seat belts are not required to be installed, however, if seat belts are installed on a truck by a manufacturer, the seat belt assemblies, as equipment, must meet the requirements of Standard 209, specifically, requirements of the Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards for seat belts for use in motor vehicles (15 CFR 9)(30 FR 8432).; Thank you again for your interest in the safety program. Sincerely, Joseph R. O'Gorman, Acting Director, Office of Performanc Analysis, Motor Vehicle Safety Performance Service;