Posts Tagged: SCBA

SCBA units need updating to meet national standards, or do they?

Author: Dawson, Ken K
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 8, operational safety, protective technology, SCBA, NFPA 1981, SCBA upgrade

SCBA duration test for the city of Seminole Fire Rescue Department

Author: Mullins, Edward M
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 3, operational safety, SCBA, air management, SCBA duration test

Survival breathing techniques for users of self-contained breathing apparatus in the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service

Author: Kang, William
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, environmental risks, SCBA, survival breathing techniques

SCBA cylinder failure

Author: Thrasher, Craig Lee
Date Published: December 1988
Publisher: Fire Engineering
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, SCBA

Do fire-fighters develop specific ventilatory responses in order to cope with exercise whilst wearing self-contained breathing apparatus?

Author: Donovan KJ, McConnell AK.
Date Published: July 1999
Publisher: European Journal of Applied Physiology
Keywords: Initiative 6, SCBA

Maximal working times with a self-contained breathing apparatus

Author: Korhonen, O., Louhevaara, V., Smolander, J., and Tuomi, T.
Date Published: 1986
Publisher: Ergonomics
Keywords: Initiative 6, SCBA, work times

Guidelines for Incident Commander’s Use of Firefighter Protective Ensemble (FFPE) with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Rescue Operations During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident

Author: Stephen M. Marshall; Paul D. Fedele; William A. Lake
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Keywords: Initiative 3, protective clothing, incident command, SCBA, terrorism response

Mandatory SCBA Usage During All Facets of Smoke Exposure Activities

Author: Jeff Oldenburg
Date Published: August 2002
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 2, risk reduction practices, environmental risks, SCBA, smoke exposure

The acoustic properties of SCBA equipment and its effects on speech communication

Author: Kushner, W.M.;Harton, S.M.; Novorita, R.J.; McLaughlin, M.J.
Date Published: January 2006
Publisher: Communications Magazine, IEEE
Keywords: Initiative 8, protective technology, SCBA, acoustic properties, speech communication, apparatus & eq

Risk assessment of using firefighter protective ensemble with self-contained breathing apparatus for rescue operations during a terrorist chemical agent incident

Author: U. S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command. Homeland Defense Business Unit. Improved Respons
Date Published: August 2003
Publisher: Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Keywords: Initiative 2, SCBA, risk protection, personal protective ensemble, terrorism response, chemical agent, rescue operations, personal protective clothin