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Protective Clothing Flashcards

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Protective Clothing - Definition -

Define the Hot Zone:

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That area within which the firefighters are extinguishing a fire or containing an incident . Generally, this would be but not limited to, an area around the incident of 100ft.

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Protective Clothing - Responsibilities - The Incident Commander

What is the incident commander responsible for?

Deals with SCBA and PPE

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— Shall be responsible for determining with the use of a carbon monoxide or other hazardous material monitors when an SCBA is no longer necessary for the safety of personnel.
— Shall sure that PPE worn is appropriate for the hazards to be encountered at all incidents

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Protective Clothing - Responsibilities - The Company Officer

What are the responsibilities of a company officer?

Not inspection.

2 items

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— Ensure that these guidelines are here to at all times
— Shall make a full assessment of each emergency to ensure that the appropriate PPE being worn is consistent with safety and prevailing conditions

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Protective Clothing - Responsibilities - The Administration in Conjunction with the Quartermaster & Equipment Committee

 Shall perform a risk assessment for the hazards that can be involved by structural and proximity firefighters based on the following:

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— Type of duties
— Frequency of use of ensemble elements
— Organizations experiences
— Incident operations
— Geographic location and climate
— Specific physical area of operation
— likelihood of a response to chemical biological radiological nuclear terrorism event

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Protective Clothing - Responsibilities -

The quartermaster and independent service provider shall do what?

Regarding documentation

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Maintain records on its Protective ensembles accordance with the most current edition of NFPA 1851 to include the following:
— issuance details
— Manufacturer information details
— Maintenance history
— Retirement

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

Where will a copy of the manufacturers instructions for care and maintenance be kept up at all times?

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Quartermasters office and will be made available upon request

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

Person I will dress in their PPE clothing when responding to all emergency incident while wearing a seatbelt the following exceptions will apply

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— Chief officers may use their best judgement regarding their attire
— Engineer/operators will be exempt from wearing PPE while driving
— Wearing PPE will not be required will responding to EMS calls
— Members of the HMRT/rescue are exempt from wearing PPE while responding to emergencies
— Members will be exempt from wearing PPE while responding in a man power unit

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

Who can deem the removal of the bunker coat will not affect the safety in efficiency nor jeopardize the members

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The officer in charge

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

The incident commander will determine when the use of the SCBA is no longer necessary for the safety of personnel during overhaul in the final stages of an incident:

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— A carbon monoxide monitor reading of 50 ppm, or less or 200 ppm/15min

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

A carbon monoxide monitor rating of 50 ppm or less indicates that the carbon monoxide does not pose a hazard it should be safe to remove the SCBA if no other respiratory hazards exist. Though this does not take into account what?

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The carcinogens present

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

Ensembles and ensemble elements contaminated with chemicals, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents shall be immediately what?

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— Retired after confirmed exposure

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Protective Clothing - Guideline -

What are the two types of cleaning processes that are conducted on firefighting protective ensemble items

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Advanced and routine

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Per NFPA 1851 - 7.3.4 an advance cleaning of ensembles and ensemble elements shall be conducted at least

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Once every 6 months

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

When will advanced repairs an inspection on all PPE be completed?

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When the verified ISP conducts the advance cleaning

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

When members gear are scheduled for pick up what is the procedure for the members to prepare their gear?

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— Members will place all PPE items in large 30 to 45 gallon garbage bags
— Complete the PPE pick up/delivery tag and attach it to the bag for the oncoming shift station officers verification
— The pick up/delivery tag will be inclusive of date, name, payroll number, station, shift, PPE item, and signature

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Once the oncoming shift station officer has verified that the PPE items listed on the items actually bagged, what will he do?

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Sign the tag and ensure that the member place is the bag in a secure area

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

When the ISP arrives at the station the ISP in conjunction with the station officer will verify what?

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Verify that the PPE items in the bag are listed on the PPE pick up/delivery tag

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

What happens when a discrepancy is found with the inventoried gear? Prior to picking up

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All discrepancies will be noted on the PPE pick up/delivery tag and signed off by a member of the ISP and a station officer

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

When will the ISP deliver the items back to the assign station?

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The day prior to the members first day to return to duty no later than 2000 hours

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

When the PPE is returned to the station the station officer and the member of the ISP will do what?

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Inventory and verify all items listed on the pick up/delivery tag and retain two copies of the signed delivery tag

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

What happens if any PPE items are found to be missing at the time of delivery?

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The ISP is responsible for locating the missing gear or providing a loaner set prior to the start of the scheduled shift

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Upon returning to duty the fire fighter will verify what?

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Verify all items are returned and clean/repaired

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Upon verification the fire fighter will sign what form and then return it to who?

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Firefighter will sign the PPE pick up/delivery tag and return the signed copy to the station officer

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

What process happens if the fire fighter finds the returned PPE in a non-acceptable condition?

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Immediately notify the station officer who will then notify the quartermaster

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Once the ISP has completed the established pick up/delivery cycle for a station/shift, firefighters that have missed their scheduled cleaning will be reported to who?

A

Battalion chief

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Firefighters that have missed the schedule cleaning pick up can make an appointment to drop off and pick up their gear with the ISP during their next available?

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5 - day off period

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

If a large number of members requiring gear exchange what is the next step?

A

Notification to the assistant fire chief

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Routine Cleaning

Who can perform a routine cleaning?

A

Member

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Routine Cleaning

Questions about conducting routine cleaning should be directed to who?

2 items

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— Shift captain
— The quartermaster‘s office between the hours of 0700 and 16:00 from Monday to Friday

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Securing and handling the custody of PPE that are directly related to serious fire fighter injuries and fire fighter fatalities - Gear

Upon notification of a fire fighter injury involving possible gear malfunction or death related to a fire incident the battalion chief or safety officer on scene through Fire Comm will notify who?

A

MCFMO

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Securing and handling the custody of PPE that are directly related to serious fire fighter injuries and fire fighter fatalities - Gear

What will the Montgomery County fire marshal office do with the gear?

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Take custody and secure the gear involved in the incident for investigation purposes that may involve outside agencies

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Securing and handling the custody of PPE that are directly related to serious fire fighter injuries and fire fighter fatalities - Equipment

Who takes possession of any equipment suspected of failure and does what?

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The safety officer shall take possession for further investigation and coordinate with the Montgomery county fire marshal’s office, If it is deemed necessary by the fire chief or designee

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Storage of all ensembles and ensemble elements

Ensembles and ensemble elements shall not be stored at temperatures ranging from?

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Below -32 degrees Celsius (-25degreesF)
Above 82 degrees Celsius (180 degreesF)

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections -

What are the two types of inspections?

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— Advanced
— Routine

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections -

How often will advanced inspections of all PPE be conducted?

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Minimum of every 12 months or whenever routine inspections indicate that a problem could exist.

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections -

How often will officers perform a routine inspection on their crews PPE?

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Every six months from the annual advance inspection in conjunction with Station inspections

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Repair/Replacement/Retirement

PPE items that are found to present a health or safety concern that is caused by A known or suspected element failure, should be reported to who?

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The quartermaster

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Repair/Replacement/Retirement

When the quartermaster receives a report of PPE that are found to present a health or safety concern the quartermaster shall report the failure of the element to who?

How will this report be prepared?

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Manufacture and certification organization in writing

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Repair/Replacement/Retirement

The quartermaster will request a what from the element manufacture and certification organization within how many days of reporting a failure of PPE?

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— Written acknowledgment
— 30 days

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Protective Clothing - Guideline - Repair/Replacement/Retirement

NFPA code on standard on selection, care and maintenance of protective ensembles for structural firefighting and proximity Firefighter

A

1851

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