Chapter 3 SCBA PPE || very Flawless.
About of protection PPE is designed for correct answers Limited amount of protection.
First layer "outer layer" Shell of PPE correct answers Protects from abrasions, scraps, repels
water, withstand elevated temperatures
Second Layer moisture barrier correct answers Help prevent the transfer of water, steam, and
other fluids to the skin.
Why is the second "moisture barrier" important correct answers Protects agains superheated
water or steam from reaching the skin.
Third layer "thermal barrier" correct answers Isolates the body from external temperatures...
enables firefighters to operate in elevated temperatures.
Where is the protective hood worn? correct answers over the face piece but under the helmet.
NFPA 1971 correct answers Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and
Proximity Fire Fighting
NFPA 1977 correct answers Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wild Land Fire
Fighting
NFPA 1981 correct answers Standard on Open-Circut SCBA for Emergency Services
NFPA 1982 correct answers Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems "PASS"
Firefighter boots must be correct answers Flame and cut resistant, plus repel water. Must have a
heavy sole, slip resistant, puncture resistant, reinforced toe. Interlinear for thermal protection.
Firefighter gloves must be? correct answers resistant to heat, liquid absorption, vapors, cuts, and
penetration. Have wristlet to prevent wriest exposure, Inner glove is moisture barrier.
Never do what with firefighter gloves correct answers Wring or twist wet gloves, motion can tare
or damage the inner liners.
Personal Alert Safety System "PASS" correct answers Electronic device sound alarm if
firefighter is injured, trapped or motionless for 30 seconds... or user can manually activate the
device.
When to don fire equipment correct answers At the fire station, or after arriving on science.
PPE is how many extra pounds correct answers 50 pounds
, PPE limitations correct answers Wearing PPE equipment makes it difficult for the body to cool
its self, limits mobility, decreases sensory abilities.
Smoke correct answers Incomplete combustion, particles, vapors, gases.
Smoke Particles correct answers Small, can cause lung and digestive system damage, along with
eye irritation.
Smoke Vapors correct answers Oil-based components burn produce hydrocarbon droplets
become part of smoke.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) correct answers Oderless, colorless, tasteless, Deadly replaces
hemoglobin in blood stream.
Hydrogen Cyanide correct answers Formed when plastic products burn, quickly absorbed in
blood infects cellular respiration, small amount make you unconscious.
Phosgene correct answers incomplete combustion of common household products, including
vinyl materials. Affect body in several ways. Low levels itchy eyes, soar throat, burning in
cough, high levels pulmonary edema death.
Oxygen deficiency correct answers Normal 21%, oxygen deficient at 19.5% below 17%
disorientation inability to control muscles irrational thinking. 12% headache, dizziness, nausea
fatigue, 9% unconsciousness, 6% respiratory arrest.
Open-Circus breathing apparatus correct answers typically used for structural firefighting. Tank
of compressed air supply provides air for Firefighter, exhaled air related through one-way valve.
Closed-Circus breathing apparatus correct answers recycles the user's exhaled air. Air passes
through mechanism that removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen, oxygen generated through
chemical canister. Used for extended operations...
Supplied-air respirator (SAR) correct answers Not used for firefighting, external source for
breathing air, hose line connected through breathing-air compressor or compressed air, user
breaths though line and exhales through a one-way valve.
SCBA standards and regulations correct answers Regulated by NIOSH, sets design, testing,
certification requirements for SCBA. NFPA says it must meet NIOSH requirements. OSHA
enforces the regulations for respiratory protection programs.
NFPA correct answers Standard for Fire Service Respiratory Protection training, sets the
requirements for an SCBA training program within a fire department
Operations of SCBA depend on correct answers Size of the user, his or her physical fitness and
conditioning, amount of physical exertion, degree of users calm
About of protection PPE is designed for correct answers Limited amount of protection.
First layer "outer layer" Shell of PPE correct answers Protects from abrasions, scraps, repels
water, withstand elevated temperatures
Second Layer moisture barrier correct answers Help prevent the transfer of water, steam, and
other fluids to the skin.
Why is the second "moisture barrier" important correct answers Protects agains superheated
water or steam from reaching the skin.
Third layer "thermal barrier" correct answers Isolates the body from external temperatures...
enables firefighters to operate in elevated temperatures.
Where is the protective hood worn? correct answers over the face piece but under the helmet.
NFPA 1971 correct answers Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and
Proximity Fire Fighting
NFPA 1977 correct answers Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wild Land Fire
Fighting
NFPA 1981 correct answers Standard on Open-Circut SCBA for Emergency Services
NFPA 1982 correct answers Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems "PASS"
Firefighter boots must be correct answers Flame and cut resistant, plus repel water. Must have a
heavy sole, slip resistant, puncture resistant, reinforced toe. Interlinear for thermal protection.
Firefighter gloves must be? correct answers resistant to heat, liquid absorption, vapors, cuts, and
penetration. Have wristlet to prevent wriest exposure, Inner glove is moisture barrier.
Never do what with firefighter gloves correct answers Wring or twist wet gloves, motion can tare
or damage the inner liners.
Personal Alert Safety System "PASS" correct answers Electronic device sound alarm if
firefighter is injured, trapped or motionless for 30 seconds... or user can manually activate the
device.
When to don fire equipment correct answers At the fire station, or after arriving on science.
PPE is how many extra pounds correct answers 50 pounds
, PPE limitations correct answers Wearing PPE equipment makes it difficult for the body to cool
its self, limits mobility, decreases sensory abilities.
Smoke correct answers Incomplete combustion, particles, vapors, gases.
Smoke Particles correct answers Small, can cause lung and digestive system damage, along with
eye irritation.
Smoke Vapors correct answers Oil-based components burn produce hydrocarbon droplets
become part of smoke.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) correct answers Oderless, colorless, tasteless, Deadly replaces
hemoglobin in blood stream.
Hydrogen Cyanide correct answers Formed when plastic products burn, quickly absorbed in
blood infects cellular respiration, small amount make you unconscious.
Phosgene correct answers incomplete combustion of common household products, including
vinyl materials. Affect body in several ways. Low levels itchy eyes, soar throat, burning in
cough, high levels pulmonary edema death.
Oxygen deficiency correct answers Normal 21%, oxygen deficient at 19.5% below 17%
disorientation inability to control muscles irrational thinking. 12% headache, dizziness, nausea
fatigue, 9% unconsciousness, 6% respiratory arrest.
Open-Circus breathing apparatus correct answers typically used for structural firefighting. Tank
of compressed air supply provides air for Firefighter, exhaled air related through one-way valve.
Closed-Circus breathing apparatus correct answers recycles the user's exhaled air. Air passes
through mechanism that removes carbon dioxide and adds oxygen, oxygen generated through
chemical canister. Used for extended operations...
Supplied-air respirator (SAR) correct answers Not used for firefighting, external source for
breathing air, hose line connected through breathing-air compressor or compressed air, user
breaths though line and exhales through a one-way valve.
SCBA standards and regulations correct answers Regulated by NIOSH, sets design, testing,
certification requirements for SCBA. NFPA says it must meet NIOSH requirements. OSHA
enforces the regulations for respiratory protection programs.
NFPA correct answers Standard for Fire Service Respiratory Protection training, sets the
requirements for an SCBA training program within a fire department
Operations of SCBA depend on correct answers Size of the user, his or her physical fitness and
conditioning, amount of physical exertion, degree of users calm
