PROTECTIVE CLOTHING (Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment)

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PROTECTIVE CLOTHING(Firefighter Personal
Protective Equipment)

• Instructor Mario Partida

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Mario Partida

• Volunteer Firefighter 1986
• Fire Academy 1990
• City of Sugar Land Fire Dept. 1991
• Chauffer/Engineer 1993
• Lieutenant 1994
• SLFD Research, Replacement Maintenance 1995
• Oil Company Safety Instructor 1995
• WCJC Fire Academy Instructor 1995

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RECRUIT CLASSES

• Protective Clothing
• Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
• Water Supplies
• Live Fire Instructor / Safety Team A

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COURSE CONTENTS

• History
• Required Items and Regulations
• Components and Materials
• Donning and Doffing
• Maintenance and Cleaning
• Inspections

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HAZARDS
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FIREFIGHTER INJURIES
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• What are limitations to working in firefighter
  protective clothing?
• What are some limitations to the protective
  clothing itself ?

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COMPONANTS

• Station Uniforms
• Helmet
• Protective Hood
• Protective Coat and Trousers/Pants
• Gloves
• Safety Shoes or Boots
• Eye Protection
• Hearing Protection
• Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
• Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)

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HISTORY IN THE FIRE SERVICE

• 1950S Neoprene inner liners
• 1960s Nylon thermal liners
• 1970s Nomex introduced
• 1980s Developed TPP test, Kevlar used
  in fabrics
• 1990s PBI , and exotic blend materials

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N.F.P.A.

• What does NFPA stand for?
• National Fire Protection Association
• Who do you think writes the standards?
• Old standard NFPA 1972, 1973..
• New Standard - NFPA 1971 1997 edition
• 2000 Standard

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COAT AND PANT(components)

• Outer shell
• Moisture barrier
• Thermal barrier

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Outer Shell

• What protection does the Outer Shell provide
  us?
• Nomex
• PBI
• Polybenzimidazole
• Kevlar
• Blends
• Basofil
• Mellenia

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REFLECTIVE TRIM

• New standard
• No per inch requirement
• Patterns
• Reflexlite
• Schotchlite
• Triple Trim

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Moisture Barrier

• What protection does the Moisture Barrier
  provide us?
• Neoprene
• Comfortzone
• Aquatech
• Crosstech
• Goretex

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Thermal Barrier

• What protection does the Thermal Barrier provide
  us?
• Batting
• Facecloth

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Total Garment Performance
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Thermal Protective PerformanceTPP

• How much protection does a fabric or composite
  provide from heat and flame?
• Test developed in the 1970s by Dupont and the
  U.S. Military.
• Measures the heat and energy required on a fabirc
  or composite to cause a second degree burn behind
  the fabric or system.
• BOTTOM LINE Gives us a rough idea of the
  protection that a fabric can provide in flash
  fire.

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Total per Site Protection

• NFPA fabric component minimum average of 35 TPP

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Helmets

• Modern

• Traditional

• Future

• Materials
• Composite
• Leather
• Kevlar/Lexan

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Hoods

• Sock
• Reed Type
• Materials
• Nomex
• PBI
• Blends

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Gloves

• Gauntlet
• Non-Gauntlet
• Extended Gauntlet
• Materials
• Leather
• Pigskin
• others

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Boots

• What protection do they provide us?
• Rubber
• Leather
• Vapor Thermal barrier

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Safety Items

• Eye Protection

• Hearing Protection

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Safety Items

• Self Contained Breathing Apparatus

• Personal Alert Safety System

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Inspection Maintenance