Chapter 4
Donning and Doffing
Edition 1 – December 2019 SAFETY FIRST 97
MSA G1 Electronic Breathing Apparatus
Step Description Photos
4 Reposition the flash hood.
4.1 Pull the face opening from off the collar back
over the head.
Ensure the neck strap sits inside the flash hood.
4.2 Align the face opening with the side of the mask,
ensuring there are no gaps present between the
mask and the flash hood.
4.3 Ensure the flash hood does not interfere with the facemask seal or obstruct the
visor.
5 Continue the
Donning BA
procedure from step 8.2, Chapter 4.
Do not wear a wet or dirty flash hood.
Wash the flash hood after every incident where smoke has been encountered.
Don the BA
Don the BA before entering the hazardous area (i.e. while still in the
COLD zone).
If the BA does not function properly as described in this section, it must
be removed from service and returned to the State PPE&C Management
Centre, with an attached fault report.
As per the Chief Officers SOP 11.12 Head and Facial Hair – Maintenance
of, BA operators need to be clean shaven, with no long sideburns as
facial hair will prevent a correct seal from being achieved.
The facemask seal must be checked before each use.
The nose cup must be installed correctly in the full facemask.
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