SCBA USE & Maintenance Flashcards
BLACKBOARD TEST QUESTION
At what percentage of your bottle is it recommended you should begin to exit the IDLH environment?
50%
BLACKBOARD TEST QUESTION
Once the EBSS is connected to the trapped firefighters BA which bottle should be turned off?
The bottle of the trapped firefighter
BLACKBOARD TEST QUESTION
How often should you exercise your exhalation valve?
Daily (every shift you work)
BLACKBOARD TEST QUESTION
Recent studies have shown that our SCBA facepieces may begin to fail at what approximate temerature?
300 degrees
BLACKBOARD TEST QUESTION
How long is the EBSS hose?
39 inches
Daily Routine,checkouts-BA? (4x)
• Form 20 • Ensure bottle is filled no less than 4000 PSI • Exercise the exhalation valve on the facepiece during morning checks • Visually inspect the BA
Weekly Routine, checkouts-BA?
1. Ensure shut-off button and bypass valve are in off position 2. Open bottle to activate PASS and lights 3. Shut off bottle 4. Observe gauge for 10 seconds 5. Test low air warning whistle 6. Bleed all residual air from hose 7. Allow PASS to cycle to full alert, check all lights on backpack harness and PASS device 8. Manually click on/off button to turn PASS off
What if the exhalation valve
sticks?
- Press facepiece to face
- Cover Air-Klic opening with
your palm - Exhale forcefully to unstick
exhalation valve
What if your exhalation valve
sticks during an incident?
• Notify crew members and exit the
building.
• A stuck exhalation valve will not stop
the positive pressure air supply.
• Increased exhalation pressure from the
user will allow air to blow by the skirt of
the facepiece and allow the firefighter to
exit safely.
Backpack Harness and Frame Colors?
Black-First Line apparatus Red-Reserve apparatus Orange-Battalion spare Blue-Training Green-BA Repair shops(Pacoima)
Truth is… The improved capacity of the cylinders is \_\_\_ intended for more time inside the IDLH environment, rather, it is designed to increase the margin of time that firefighters have to \_\_\_\_\_\_the IDLH environment.
NOT
EXIT
Recommended Rule of Air
Management (R.O.A.M)
1.Make sure your bottle is ______ before you enter
2.Continuously monitor air supply at least every ____minutes
3.Notify Company Officer and/or other company
members when your air supply reaches _____
and begin exiting the building
- FULL
- 3 minutes
- 50%
The last ____ of your air supply is specifically intended to be
used as an “emergency air supply.”
25%
The amber LED’s will flash once every
___seconds indicating a usable battery.
To indicate a low battery, they will flash
every __seconds.
10s
2s
Lack of movement will start the staged alarm in approximately \_\_\_\_\_ seconds as the LEDs alternate flashing green and red. Once at full alert the LEDs will only flash red.
20s
