Respirator Maintenance Program Recommendations for the Fire Service

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• Personal Author:
  Merinar, Timothy R. ; Peterson JA
• Description:
  Proper inspection, maintenance and service procedures are an important part of a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) program. These procedures have often been found to be deficient during NIOSH investigations and may adversely affect the performance of an SCBA, placing users at increased risk of injury or death. This document is intended to serve as an aid to the fire service in developing SCBA maintenance programs for individual fire departments. It is intended for all fire departments from the largest municipal department to the smallest volunteer department. This document should also be equally useful to non-fire service SCBA users such as emergency responders, municipal and utility workers, chemical, industrial, and confined space entry workers. The document presents the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1404 Standard for a Fire Department Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Program, 1989 Edition, and the American National Standard Practices for Respiratory Protection for the Fire Service Z88.5-1981 in a format that an SCBA maintenance or repair person can easily understand and from it develop his or her own written SCBA maintenance program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Fire-fighting Fire-fighting-equipment Fire-safety Occupational-health Respirators
• ISSN:
  0892-6298
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13-20
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000855
• Citation:
  J Int Soc Respir Prot 1997 Jan; :13-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:df4110cd8425ca4085c0f0b16583cd90a673970e418a74e3eb6fb08ee4c83603204a32605975511401301aab8b2773182a2e83549f42a2b53e2b31b4272c39da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198224/cdc_198224_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 242.25 KB ]