Chapter 5
After-use Care and Maintenance
122 SAFETY FIRST Edition 1 – December 2019
MSA G1 Electronic Breathing Apparatus
Step Description Illustration
2.2 Air-dry the BA completely.
Do not dry in direct sun light.
After Doffing
Replace the cylinder with a fully charged one.
Complete after-use care and maintenance procedures.
Ensure that the complete BA is clean and dry.
Ensure that the fac mask, head harness straps and harness adjustment
straps are fully extended.
Cleaning of Facemask
After a BA has been used at an incident or training, the following maintenance and
cleaning is to be performed.
Ensure post fire/incident decontamination is conducted appropriately to
remove any obvious signs of contamination, such as ash. This can be
achieved by hosing down the operator with a light spray on the incident
ground, while they are still on air but in the COLD zone.
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