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What is CO |
Carbon Monoxide Colorless and odorless gas produced as a byproduct of incomplete combustion. It is immediately fatal in high concentrations and a known carcinogen |
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What is HCN |
Hydrogen Cyanide Colorless deadly gas present at almost every fire. Immediately fatal at high concentrations and a known carcinogen. Classified as a type 3 Flammable Liquid and a type 6 poison by DOT |
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What PPM are the alarms set at?
What is the IDLH for each chemical? |
CO - Alarm: 25 ppm. IDLH: 1200 ppm
HCN - Alarm: 5 ppm. IDLH: 50 ppm |
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HOW TO OPERATE |
-Turn on in clean environment and let unit zero out -proceed to suspect environment -monitors are passive and don't have a pump to pull air in so user must use BA in suspect environment until monitoring is finished
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When to use |
-CO monitors shall be used on all CO alarm calls to determine if the alarm is faulty or there is an actual presence of CO -Overhaul stages of a structure fire -vehicle fires -dumpster fires -outside fires -whenever deemed necessary by IC
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How does air monitoring affect PPE on emergencies
How is the decision to remove SCBA's on incidents reached |
-Air monitoring shall be completed before SCBA's are removed in overhaul situations. The post fire environment should be below alarm levels before SCBA removal
-The IC, in agreement with the safety officer, will provide the final permission on the removal of SCBA's and he will take monitoring results into account when making the decision |
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Care and Maintanance |
-Weekly the Engineers will turn on and let the monitor complete the warm up cycle before turning off -Monitors will be tested by HazMat team quarterly -Malfunctioning monitors and battery changes will be sent through services to Haz Mat
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