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Facepiece Donning. When and how long does it take?

Do you come off the rig with your SCBA facepiece donned or do you put it on just prior to entry? Why? How long does it take to don your facepiece and to on air with your hood and helmet, gloves on properly?

We teach new firefighters to don their entire SCBA in a certain amount of time. 60 seconds or 45 seconds, but isn't the real question for line firefighters, who should be coming off the apparatus with their SCBA's donned, be to master quicker donning of their facepieces?

I keep seeing crews take up to 1 minute to don their facepieces and go on air. This is too long. What say you?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Schwering on September 25, 2009 at 11:25am

Brick, I do all of the above with my gloves on, however, hasn't quite caught on in my part of the world yet, still working on it Bro!

Stay Safe
Jeff

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