Self Contained breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care Flashcards

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Objectives

According to the objectives when inspecting a SCBAs, who is the inspection recommended by?

(3)

A

— Scott safety
— NFPA
— Texas commission on fire protection

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Objectives

Standard on selection, care, and maintenance of open circuit self-contained breathing apparatus NFPA code?

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1852

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Objectives

Standard on open circuit self-contained breathing apparatus for emergency services, NFPA code?

A

1981

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities

What is the battalion chiefs responsibility for this guideline?

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Shall sure the daily and monthly inspections of SCBA’s are maintained during station inspections

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities

What is the company officers responsibility for this guideline?

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Shall ensure that daily and monthly inspections of SCBA’s and Personal face pieces are documented, signed, and maintained.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Company Officers

Regarding monthly inspection reports what form is used?

A

Online air pack inventory form.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Quatermaster

What copies should quartermaster maintain and preparation for the annual state inspectors audit?

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Monthly inspection reports.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Quatermaster

How often should airpack mechanics inspect, maintain, repair, and document the history of each SCBA?

A

Semi-Annually

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Deputy Chief of Training

Shall be designated by the command staff to ensure what is performed of the SCBAs assigned to the training facility?

A

Monthly inspections are completed and documented.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Members

All SCBA issues shall be reported to the quartermaster by when?

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Before 0800

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Members

If an issue with an SCBA is discovered and it’s after business hours who should be contacted?

A

Battalion Chief

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Members

Any SCBA items found to not be acceptable during inspections shall be brought to who’s attention?

A

Station Officer’s

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Members

When should members arrange for Cascade regarding low SCBA cylinders?

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Before 0830

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Responsibilities - Members

Stations low on bottles can contact the ___________ for what during what time?

A

—Quartermaster
—Full Bottles
—M-F Normal Business hours

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Facepiece

How should the face-piece be dried? Avoiding what?

A

— Air-Dried
— Sunlight or High Heat

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Back-frame and Harness

What should never be used to clean straps and harness assemblies?

A

— Chlorine bleach

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Back-frame and Harness -

Inspect the RIC-UAC coupling for what?

A

—Dirt
—Damage

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Cylinder

Check cylinder for?

4 Items

A

— Cracks
— Dents
— Heat damage
— Chemical Damage

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Cylinder

Check the valve to ensure what that it is free of?

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— Debris

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Cylinder

Check cylinder gauge for __________ and ensure cylinder is properly ___________ to a minimum of _____ % or _________psi with 2 (what color) lights on the HUD?

A

— Damage
— Charged
— 90%
— 4050psi
— 2 green lights

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Cylinder

Check each cylinder manufacturer date (___________________ from the date of manufacturer) and hydrostatic test/retest date (within __________ years)?

A

— 15 years
— 5 years

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Hoses

Check all hoses for __________, _________, ___________ or __________.

A

— Cuts
— Abrasions
— Damage
— Cracks

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Regulator

When should the vibe-alert activate?

A

Pressure drops below 1/3 mark on the remote gauge.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Pak-Alert Distress Alarm

When should the Pak-Alert go into alarm?

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— 20 seconds if the SCBA isn’t moved.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Pak-Alert Distress Alarm

How long will it take the Pak-Alert to go into full alarm after it has been activated?

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— 12 seconds if the SCBA isn’t moved.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Pak-Alert Distress Alarm

How do you reset the Pak-Alert?

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— Depressing the yellow button twice.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline -

When cleaning multiple SCBAs, how many bottles are used to test the SCBA?

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— 1 bottle, to ensure all the other bottles remain full.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Station SCBA Binders

Each fire station shall maintain a binder for each of the following form?

A

— Shift Specific Daily Air-Pack Checklist
— Face piece and Regulator Inspection

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Cleaning

If unsure of the proper decontamination methods, who should be contacted?

A

— The Manufactuer

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Cleaning

What should be prevented from entering the connection between the cylinder valve and the SCBA inlet?

A

— Water
— Cleaning Materials

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing

When will flow tests for SCBA be performed?

A

— Annually

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing

How often shall a function test be performed on masks?

A

— Annually

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing

Where will annual flow test results be kept?

A

— TCFP compliance file

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs

Where shall all SCBA needing repair be placed? What will accompany the SCBA? Reported to who?

A

— The Cage area
— Completed Out Of Service Tag
— On duty officer

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs

If a cylinder is found to have damage or defects, what shall happen?

A

— Be depressurized to a slight positive pressure, tagged, and taken out of service.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs

No repairs will be made without the express permission of the?

A

— Equipment Officer

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs

How long shall all forms and documents concerning SCBA or masks be maintained on file?

A

— Minimum of 3 years

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs

Where will the monthly report be forwarded to and on what day?

A

— Fire Chief
— Last day of the month

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply

Air-Supply Equipment consists of:

5 items

A

— Stationary Air Compressors
— Stationary air cascades
— Vehicular/portable air compressors
— Vehicular/mobile cascades
— Spare Cylinders

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply

How often will the compressor/cascade system be inspected? What is the inspection for?

2 items

A

— Quarterly
— Normal Operation

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply

How often will air quality testing be performed?
By who?
Meeting what NFPA Standard?

A

— 90 days (every quarter)
— Independent Laboratory
— 1989

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance

How often will compressor lube oil be changed?

A

— Yearly or more frequently as conditions demand

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance

How often will air filtration cartridges be changed?

A

— Yearly, or more frequently as conditions demand

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance

How often will compressor filters be inspected?

A

— Yearly and replaced as needed

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Repair:

Problems not endangering the air quality will allow the use of what when the cascade system is OOS?

A

— Remaining air in the cascade

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Repair:

All SCBA apparatus cylinders will remain in what state?

A

— High state of readiness and safety.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Operational Testing:

When opening the cylinder during a check, listen for the vibe alert to actuate and then stop, the PASS system to beep, and look for the HUD initialize with all ________ lights on for ________ seconds followed by the display of the cylinder supply level.

A

— 5
— 20

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Operational Testing:

On the HUD, what will indicate a low battery?

A

— The far right light remains lit or begins to flash.

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Operational Testing:

When manipulating the purge valve, which direction results in free flow? Which direction results in halting of the air flow?

A

— Counterclockwise
— Clockwise

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Operational Testing:

When bleeding air from the system during a check, what is the color of the light? And how fast does it flash once the cylinder is below 33%?

A

— Red
— 10 times per second

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

What light appears when you start up. -PAK - ALERT (open cylinder)

A

— Bright Light then flash green

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Normal Operation is indicated by a ?

A

Flash Green

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Respirator Low air (1/3 cylinder) is indicated by?

A

— Flash orange (alternately)

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Low Battery while on is indicated by?

A

— Flash orange, once every 2 seconds

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Shut Down is indicated by?

A

— Lights off

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Press reset w/unit OFF (Battery Test) is indicated by?

A

— Bright Light then: Green = Good/Red = Low

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

PASS Pre-alarm is indicated by?

A

— Flash Red (Alternately)

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

PASS Full alarm is indicated by?

A

— Flash Red (Simultaneously)

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions

Sensor Module Section

Press reset from manual alarm, the lights will?

A

— Return to flash green

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Operation:

The HUD consist of 4 rectangular lights to represent the cylinder pressure:
Full -
3/4 -
1/2 -
1/3 -
Round light Indicates -

A

— 2 green squares
—1 green square
— 1 flashing yellow square
— 1 flashing red square
— Low battery

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Operation:

The HUD automatically _________ in low light situations and returns to _______ _____________ in bright light situations.

A

— Dims
— Full Brightness

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Operation:

When the batteries require changing, the low battery indicator will?

A

— Light for 20 seconds
— begin to flash slowly

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Operation:

When the low battery indicator is actuated, the batteries still have sufficient life to operate the HUD longer than the longest duration of the _______________?

A

— Cylinder installed

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Manual Battery Test:

Green light indicates -
Red lights indicates -

A

— Sufficient Battery power remains
— Insufficient Battery power remains

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Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Note:

The orange light is is a combination of what lights?

A

— Red, Green and White