Ops Manual—PPE Inspection Program(2018) Flashcards
Battalion Chiefs shall formally inspect all personal protective equipment in ______ of each year
March
A secondary informal inspection shall be done in _______ of each year
October
The inspection form/record shall be kept for a period of __________.
One year
Protective Clothing and equipment will not be ___________________________under any circumstances.
Exceptions?
Changed, modified, or altered
helmet shield only
By the employee:
This inspection should take place after __________, and following any application where the clothing may have been _______________________.
Each cleaning
Damaged or contaminated
PPE Inspection Guidelines:
What type of damage are we looking for?
- Char and Heat Damage
- Fabric or Material Damage
- Thread or Seam Damage
- Discoloration
- Knit distortion
- Reflective trim
- Hardware
Procedures for repair or replacement of PPE:
How does one get their PPE repaired and/or replaced?
Email shall be sent to the “SDFD Equipment Manager” with a carbon copy (CC) to the immediate and second level supervisor.
Shipping tag must clearly identify the _____________?
Damaged items
Employees that elect to drop off their PPE at Storeroom 42 ______________________________________________?
shall bring a copy of the email sent to the Equipment Manager and shall sign the PPE repair log.
Once an employee has been notified that their PPE is available for pickup, the employee will have _______________upon receipt of the e-mail notification to pickup items or they may be returned to stock and subject to reissue.
14 days
Char and heat damage does what to our PPE?
It decreases tensile strength and material degradation.
When flexing the discolored material on PPE, what are you looking for?
Weakening of the material to the point it can be torn.
