Chapter 8 lessons learned from line of duty deaths

Question 1

( page 147)_____ is a federal agency governed under the center for disease control with a mission to develop new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health, and to transfer that knowledge in the practice

Answer 1

NIOSH national Institute of occupational safety and health

Question 2

(Line of duty, death analysis, page 148) currently many of the SCB a face pieces are made of….

Answer 2

Polycarbonate

Question 3

(Line of duty, death analysis, page 148) poly carbonate is a good material when it comes to clarity and impact resistance, but as weak when it comes to.

Answer 3

thermal resistance

Question 4

(Line of duty, death analysis, page 148). The problem with the SABA is that they were previously tested at only tested to _____ the temperatures of our turnout gear.

Answer 4

half

Question 5

(Line of duty analysis, page 148) in 2013, the national Institute of standards and technology developed and began requiring facepiece lenses to pass an elevated temperature heat and flame resistance test which requires the equipment to maintain positive pressure when exposed to room temperature of _____°Fahrenheit for _____ minutes, followed by a subsequent _____ seconds of direct flame contact.

Answer 5

500°Fahrenheit for five minutes, followed by a subsequent 10 seconds of direct flame contact.