NFPA 1981 2002 Edition

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Created By Asst. Chief Dean Nelson and Lt. Mike
Mason
NFPA 1981 (2002 Edition) COMPLIANT
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Aspects Of RIT Operations

• Make Sure Your RIT Air Pack Is Ready
• Carrying It To The Distressed FF Location
• Establishing Emergency Air To The FF
• Securing The RIT Air Pack To The FF

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RIT Airpacks Should Be Designed To Provide
Multiple Options In Providing Air To Distressed
FFs
Emergency Air Supply!!!

• UAC/Universal Air Connection/High Pressure Line
• Regulator Attachment/Low Pressure
• Full Face Piece Application

MAYDAY!!MAYDAY!!!
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UAC/Universal Air Connection

• All SCBAs After 2002
• Allows For Any RIT Pack To Trans-Fill Any SCBA
• Distressed FF Is Never Exposed to IDLH
  Environments
• Problems are Incompatibility

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REGULATOR ASSEMBLIES LOW-PRESSURE CONNECTIONS

• Removing Distressed FFs Regulator/Replacing It
  With Regulator From RIT Pack
• Provides More Flexibility In Applications If The
  UAC Is Unavailable
• Removing and Inserting Process Is Familiar To FFs

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ADDITIONAL OPTION Low Pressure Connections

• EBSS Can Be Attached To Low Pressure Line From
  The RIT Pack
• Can Be Used When A Regulator Change Is Not
  Preferred In ILDH Environments

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FULL FACE PIECE CHANGEOVER

• Involves Performing And Replacing Face Piece Of
  Distressed FF
• FF Found With Missing Or Damaged Face Piece
• Distressed FF Found With Incompatible SCBA
• No UAC Available

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RIT AIR PACK CONFIGURATIONS
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Design Features

• Should be designed around simplicity and easily
  manipulated
• Should be lightweight
• A high shoulder carrying strap
• Pockets
• Easy access to Cylinder, Valve, UAC line,
  Regulator, Face piece, EBSS
• Face piece accessible but NOT attached to
  regulator!!!

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IMPORTANT FEATURES

• 30 Minute Bottle Preferred/Light Weight
• Increase Ease Of Movement And Speed Of Search
• Cylinders Should Only Be Turned On When The
  Distressed FF Is Located To Avoid Accidental
  Activation Of Air Supply

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MOVING THE DISTRESSED FF WITH RIT AIR PACK

• Requires Multiple Rescuers
• Attached To Allow Hands Free Movement To Rescuers
• 2 Large Carabineers Attachment
• Securing It To Existing Harness Points On
  Distressed FF
• Carabineers Should Be Placed On RIT Air Pack To
  Allow For Best Possible Air Hose And Regulator
  Extension To Distressed FF

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MOVING THE DISTRESSED FF WITH RIT AIR PACK

• Carabineers Should Be Attached To The Distressed
  FFs Harness To Allow Rescuers The Best Possible
  Movement For Removal
• Attachment To Distressed FFs Waist
  Belt/Preferred Harness Conversion
• RIT Air Pack Usually Positioned Between Legs Of
  Distressed FF

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REFERENCE

• National Institute For Occupational Safety And
  Health, NIOSH, Fatality Assessment And Control
  Evaluation (FACE) 96-16, Atlanta, GA
• National Fire Protection Association, NFPA
  1981(2002 Edition) Standard On Self-Open Circuit
  Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, NFPA, Quincy,
  MA
• R.I.C.O. Rapid Intervention Company Operations
• SCOTT Health And Safety, Operation And
  Maintenance Instructions