Firesmoke: a field evaluation of self-contained breathing apparatus.

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• Personal Author:
  Hendricks SA ; Keane P ; McCarthy RT ; Noonan GP ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Ronk RM ; Stobbe JA
• Description:
  The efficacy of positive pressure respirators under field conditions during actual fire fighting activities was evaluated at five major fire departments in the United States. Probes placed into the respirators continuously sampled for contaminants both inside of and outside of the facepiece of the respirator. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry was used to subsequently identify the contaminants. Individual measurements were made on 64 firefighters at 25 active fire scenes. Preexposure and post exposure carbon- monoxide (630080) breath samples were collected. Only low levels of contaminants were found in each of the fires sampled, making measurement of protection impractical. An additional problem was the inability to determine the test subjects' prior exposure to carbon-monoxide. The types of fire studied in this research included rubbish outside, building and contents occupied, unoccupied building, passenger vehicle, unoccupied building fought from outside, building and contents unoccupied, and oil from a generator. Removal of the respirator was a significant limiting factor in respirator effectiveness.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Chromium Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Combustion-products Firemen NIOSH-Author Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-protective-equipment Toxic-gases
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-95
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00211763
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1993 Jan; :1-95
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6a48f83ceed8aec3140ac303ad3d662d29ed9d9ff6f2e7f2fe58c9f311a46c54a74fdacf10de65f28ba77c041fedd8b4c32379801b869b3abe5e6691916d8459
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180824/cdc_180824_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.88 MB ]