http://lionconnects.com/top-five-mistakes-of-caring-for-your-firefighter-ppe-gear/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:15:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://lionconnects.com/top-five-mistakes-of-caring-for-your-firefighter-ppe-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tactical Apparel Company Launches Social Media Site | Tactical Pants Blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:18:28 +0000 http://peritus-tma.com/~lionconn/?p=415#comment-17 [...] on providing tips to firefighters and rescue personnel from how to care for a firefighter turnout to how to put together a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incident ensemble. The site arranges its posts by “Fire and Rescue,” “Law Enforcement,” [...] [...] on providing tips to firefighters and rescue personnel from how to care for a firefighter turnout to how to put together a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incident ensemble. The site arranges its posts by “Fire and Rescue,” “Law Enforcement,” [...]

]]> http://lionconnects.com/top-five-mistakes-of-caring-for-your-firefighter-ppe-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Robert Hosselet Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:16 +0000 http://peritus-tma.com/~lionconn/?p=415#comment-8 An issue that I come upon more often that not is that a department will not have designated personnel who are trained in NFPA 1851, and who will assume control of regular cleaning of PPE. They often do have proper washing machines in house, but often at times, there are many hands who end up washing gear ie. each firefighter assumes responsibility for their own PPE. Unless each one has been trained in proper washing techniques as per 1851 and the extractors washing procedures, shortcuts are sometimes taken, and improper detergents are used, resulting in overwash/underwashing and fabric degredation due to improper detergents. Properly trained key personnel will help ensure that the right soaps and quantities are used, and that suits are washed according to a predetermined protocol. I encourage all departments to review this key component of NFPA 1851. An issue that I come upon more often that not is that a department will not have designated personnel who are trained in NFPA 1851, and who will assume control of regular cleaning of PPE. They often do have proper washing machines in house, but often at times, there are many hands who end up washing gear ie. each firefighter assumes responsibility for their own PPE. Unless each one has been trained in proper washing techniques as per 1851 and the extractors washing procedures, shortcuts are sometimes taken, and improper detergents are used, resulting in overwash/underwashing and fabric degredation due to improper detergents.
Properly trained key personnel will help ensure that the right soaps and quantities are used, and that suits are washed according to a predetermined protocol. I encourage all departments to review this key component of NFPA 1851.

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