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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Purpose:
To provide Department personnel with instructions, regulations, and guidelines to the
Honeywell Titan self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
B. Scope:
This instruction applies to all personnel on any incident where personal injury may result
without the use of self-contained breathing apparatus or where SCBAs will be employed as part of
a work related task.
C. Author:
The Deputy Chiefs of the Operations Bureaus, through the Training Division, shall be re-
sponsible for the content, revision and review of the instruction.
D. Authority
:
Employees shall be provided with and shall use protective
respiratory equipment, in accordance with section 5144 and article 10.1, of the
general Industrial Safety Orders, when exposed to harmful respiratory conditions in the course of
firefighting, emergency activity or routine work assignments. These regulations require that all
SCBA's used by firefighters must be NIOSH approved and meet the regulations reference standards
established by the American Nation Standards Institute. Specifically, they refer to ANSIZ.88.2 -
1992 "Practices for Respiratory Protection" and ANSI Z88.5 "Respiratory Protection for the Fire
Service" relative to SCBA's and the quality of air that shall be used. All SCBA's used by Depart-
ment personnel shall be NFPA 1981 – 2013 Edition compliant or newer.
II. RESPONSIBILITY
A. All Personnel shall be capable of performing proper donning and use of a self-
contained
breathing apparatus as outlined in Volume 10, Chapter 3, Subject 1
and the SCBA section of
the Context Manual. Additionally all personnel shall be
proficient with routine cleaning, dai-
ly/weekly testing, and required record keeping
"Form 20" of self-contained breathing appa-
ratus
.
B. Incident
Commanders shall insure that all personnel are properly using self-
contained
breathing apparatus during tire fighting, overhaul and salvage
operations and when required
for safety and protection as outlined in Volume 10,
Chapter 3, Subject
1.
C. Station Captains shall insure that all self-contained breathing apparatus are
maintained
in
a serviceable condition at all times and subordinates adhere to
all
requirements
outlined in Volume 10, Chapter 3, Subject
1.
D. Fire Fighter Specialist shall inspect all of the unassigned self-contained
breathing apparatus on all apparatus assigned to their station in addition to their
assigned SCBA
daily.
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