Review article
Equipment for firefighter practicing with respiratory protective devices
Berislav Hengl
; Vatrogasna zajednica Osječko-baranjske županije
Abstract
Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) has become one of the firefighters’ most important pieces of equipment, both for personal safety and for allowing the user to operate in the hostile atmosphere of fire.
The basic requirements for each SCBA user are the good health of the user as determined by the prescribed medical examination and the actual physical fitness of each individual. In addition, the user must be thoroughly theoretically and practically qualified for use of SCBA.
Safe and effective use of SCBA requires more from the user than a basic familiarization of how SCBA works. The user needs to become familiar with the added weight and bulk of SCBA adds and how to manage this equipment in certain situations.
Breathing apparatus training gallery are used primarily to train SCBA users in carrying out tasks under mental and physical stress. Through use of this facility, SCBA user’s skills are improved in areas of orientation, communication, rescuing casualties and achieving confidence, control and routine in acting.
Keywords
breathing apparatus; practising equipment; stress; orientation maze; physical preparation
Hrčak ID:
232016
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2019.
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