Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
Don SCBA to time standard: 1:00 minute. Time starts when SCBA is touched.
- Start wearing full PPE
- Verbalize bottle pressure
- Opens bottle fully
- Don pack
- Tighten shoulder straps
- Tighten waist straps
- Don face piece
- Tighten bottom straps
- Check seal; verbalize “GOOD SEAL”
- Don Nomex hood
- Ensure no skin showing
- Don Helmet
- Tighten chin strap
- Attach MMR to face piece
- Breath Air
- Don gloves
- Check regulator to match bottle pressure
- Complete within Department time standard
- Once donned, check for
- No skin showing
- Helmet secure
- Demonstrate
- Use of pass valve
- Manual activation of PASS
- Buddy breathing whip technique
- Firefighter out of air makes connection
- Doffing SCBA in reverse order of donning