Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting
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The NFPA 1971-2018 standard aims to mitigate occupational hazards and ensure the safety of fire fighters. This standard sets out the minimum levels of protection required for thermal, physical, environmental, and bloodborne pathogen hazards encountered during structural and proximity fire fighting operations.
The scope of NFPA 1971-2018 covers the design, performance, testing, and certification of various components of fire fighting ensembles, such as coats, trousers, coveralls, helmets, gloves, footwear, and interface elements. However, it should be noted that provisions for limited protection from specified chemicals, biological agents, and radiological particulates have been removed from this edition and are now part of a separate standard called NFPA 1994.
The 2018 edition of NFPA 1971 also introduces some content changes that aim to improve fire fighter protection. One of the new additions is the definition of a "protective barrier hood," which is an optional interface element that provides limited thermal, physical, and barrier protection to the coat/helmet/SCBA facepiece interface area. The standard also introduces a new glove sizing system, making use of a Brannock-style measuring device for estimating correct sizing.
| Language(s) | English |
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