Self Contained breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care Flashcards by Joe Johnson II

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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)

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— 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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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—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?

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— 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?

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— 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?

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—Dirt
—Damage

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

Check cylinder for?

4 Items

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— 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?

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— 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)?

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— 15 years
— 5 years

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

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

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— Cuts
— Abrasions
— Damage
— Cracks

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

When should the vibe-alert activate?

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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?

— 12 seconds if the SCBA isn’t moved.

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Pak-Alert Distress Alarm How do you reset the Pak-Alert?

— Depressing the yellow button twice.

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - When cleaning multiple SCBAs, how many bottles are used to test the SCBA?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Guideline - Station SCBA Binders Each fire station shall maintain a binder for each of the following form?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Cleaning If unsure of the proper decontamination methods, who should be contacted?

— The Manufactuer

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Cleaning What should be prevented from entering the connection between the cylinder valve and the SCBA inlet?

— Water — Cleaning Materials

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing When will flow tests for SCBA be performed?

— Annually

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing How often shall a function test be performed on masks?

— Annually

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Testing Where will annual flow test results be kept?

— TCFP compliance file

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs Where shall all SCBA needing repair be placed? What will accompany the SCBA? Reported to who?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs If a cylinder is found to have damage or defects, what shall happen?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs No repairs will be made without the express permission of the?

— Equipment Officer

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs How long shall all forms and documents concerning SCBA or masks be maintained on file?

— Minimum of 3 years

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Repairs Where will the monthly report be forwarded to and on what day?

— Fire Chief — Last day of the month

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply Air-Supply Equipment consists of: 5 items

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

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

— Quarterly — Normal Operation

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply How often will air quality testing be performed? By who? Meeting what NFPA Standard?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance How often will compressor lube oil be changed?

— Yearly or more frequently as conditions demand

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance How often will air filtration cartridges be changed?

— Yearly, or more frequently as conditions demand

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Maintenance How often will compressor filters be inspected?

— Yearly and replaced as needed

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?

— Remaining air in the cascade

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Air Supply - Repair: All SCBA apparatus cylinders will remain in what state?

— High state of readiness and safety.

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.

— 5 — 20

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Operational Testing: On the HUD, what will indicate a low battery?

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

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?

— Counterclockwise — Clockwise

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%?

— Red — 10 times per second

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section What light appears when you start up. -PAK - ALERT (open cylinder)

— Bright Light then flash green

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Normal Operation is indicated by a ?

Flash Green

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Respirator Low air (1/3 cylinder) is indicated by?

— Flash orange (alternately)

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Low Battery while on is indicated by?

— Flash orange, once every 2 seconds

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Shut Down is indicated by?

— Lights off

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Press reset w/unit OFF (Battery Test) is indicated by?

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

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section PASS Pre-alarm is indicated by?

— Flash Red (Alternately)

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section PASS Full alarm is indicated by?

— Flash Red (Simultaneously)

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Actions Sensor Module Section Press reset from manual alarm, the lights will?

— Return to flash green

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 -

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

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.

— Dims — Full Brightness

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Heads Up Display (HUD) - Operation: When the batteries require changing, the low battery indicator will?

— Light for 20 seconds — begin to flash slowly

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 _______________?

— Cylinder installed

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

— Sufficient Battery power remains — Insufficient Battery power remains

Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Inspection & Care - Appendix - Note: The orange light is is a combination of what lights?

— Red, Green and White