Protective Clothing

Question 1

Protective Clothing - Definition -

Define the Hot Zone:

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

Protective Clothing - Responsibilities - The Incident Commander

What is the incident commander responsible for?

Deals with SCBA and PPE

Answer 2

— 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

Question 3

Protective Clothing - Responsibilities - The Company Officer

What are the responsibilities of a company officer?

Not inspection.

2 items

Answer 3

— 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

Question 4

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:

7 Items

Answer 4

— 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

Question 5

Protective Clothing - Responsibilities -

The quartermaster and independent service provider shall do what?

Regarding documentation

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Protective Clothing - Guideline -

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

Answer 6

Quartermasters office and will be made available upon request

Question 7

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

5 items

Answer 7

— 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

Question 8

Protective Clothing - Guideline -

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

Answer 8

The officer in charge

Question 9

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:

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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?

Answer 10

The carcinogens present

Question 11

Protective Clothing - Guideline -

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

Answer 11

— Retired after confirmed exposure

Question 12

Protective Clothing - Guideline -

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

Answer 12

Advanced and routine

Question 13

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 13

Once every 6 months

Question 14

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 14

When the verified ISP conducts the advance cleaning

Question 15

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 15

— 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

Question 16

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?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

Upon returning to duty the fire fighter will verify what?

Answer 22

Verify all items are returned and clean/repaired

Question 23

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning

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

Answer 24

Immediately notify the station officer who will then notify the quartermaster

Question 25

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?

Answer 25

Battalion chief

Question 26

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?

Answer 26

5 - day off period

Question 27

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Advanced Cleaning If a large number of members requiring gear exchange what is the next step?

Answer 27

Notification to the assistant fire chief

Question 28

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Routine Cleaning Who can perform a routine cleaning?

Answer 28

Member

Question 29

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Routine Cleaning Questions about conducting routine cleaning should be directed to who? 2 items

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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?

Answer 30

MCFMO

Question 31

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?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Storage of all ensembles and ensemble elements Ensembles and ensemble elements shall not be stored at temperatures ranging from?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections - What are the two types of inspections?

Answer 34

— Advanced — Routine

Question 35

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections - How often will advanced inspections of all PPE be conducted?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Inspections - How often will officers perform a routine inspection on their crews PPE?

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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?

Answer 37

The quartermaster

Question 38

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?

Answer 38

Manufacture and certification organization in writing

Question 39

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?

Answer 39

— Written acknowledgment — 30 days

Question 40

Protective Clothing - Guideline - Repair/Replacement/Retirement NFPA code on standard on selection, care and maintenance of protective ensembles for structural firefighting and proximity Firefighter

Answer 40

1851