HAZ-MAT & PREPAREDNESS FORUM RESPIRATORY PROTECTION AND MASK FIT TESTING

摘要

Generally, I try to jazz up thisncolumn because let’s face it –nHazardous Materials evennmakes the best of instructorsncringe because it is somewhatn‘dry’ and can easily put you tonsleep if you didn’t get a fullnnights rest beforehand. That beingnsaid, this issue we ventureninto a similar area which certainlynisn’t as exciting as fighting thenred devil or rescuing passengersnfrom death. However, if we failnto adhere to this practice properly,nwe are really putting ourselvesnand brother and sister firenfighters in jeopardy unnecessarily;nand here we are talking aboutnrespiratory protection – innparticular mask fit testing.