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Update to the 2013 NFPA 1989 to assure emergency services respiratory protection and comply with NFPA 1500.

NFPA 1989: Standard on Breathing Air Quality for Emergency Services Respiratory Protection specifies the requirements for the breathing air quality component of the respiratory protection program required by NFPA 1500: Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program.

The critical guidance provided helps protect fire and emergency services personnel during fire fighting, rescue, hazardous materials incidents, and special operations where respiratory hazards can or do exist.

Bring your knowledge in line with changes including:

* Revised requirements for breathing air sampling and sample points
* New posting requirements for cylinder recharge areas

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Published:
12/12/2012
ISBN(s):
9781455906109
Number of Pages:
23

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Stay up-to-code with NFPA 1989 to protect fire and emergency services personnel from respiratory hazards and comply with NFPA 1500™.

NFPA 1989, Standard on Breathing Air Quality for Emergency Services Respiratory Protection specifies the requirements for the breathing air quality component of the respiratory protection program required by NFPA 1500, Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. This edition applies to atmosphere-supplying respirators that provide the breathing air supply from a compressed breathing air source or liquid cryogenic air source that is independent of the ambient atmosphere.

Anywhere respiratory hazards exist — or could exist — NFPA 1989 is a crucial resource for ensuring the safety of your personnel.

Requirements are essential to safeguard fire and emergency services personnel during fire fighting, rescue, hazardous materials incidents, and special operations.

Bring your knowledge in line with changes including:

  • A new definition of cryogenic air
  • A new Annex figure to assist with chain-of-custody procedures

Don’t work without the latest guidance; update your copy of NFPA 1989 now. (Softbound, 28 pp., 2019)

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Published:
05/24/2018
Number of Pages:
26

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Save lives! Follow the 2008 NFPA 1989’s state-of-the-art requirements on breathing air quality.

NFPA 1989: Breathing Air Quality for Emergency Services Respiratory Protection specifies the requirements for the breathing air quality component of the respiratory protection program required by NFPA 1500: Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. The critical guidance provided helps protect fire and emergency services personnel during fire fighting, rescue, hazardous materials, and special operations where respiratory hazards can or do exist.

Work smart and safe. Bring your knowledge in line with important changes to the 2008 edition of NFPA 1989, including:

  • A revised and reformatted Chapter 5: Air Quality Requirements clarifies testing criteria and adds additional text regarding synthetic breathing air.
  • A new Section 5.4 added special testing and procedures for suspected or actual contaminated breathing air.
  • Section 5.6: Breathing Air Quality Requirements added a new requirement for nitrogen content in 5.6.8, and the associated testing method was added to Chapter 6 in Section 6.8.
  • All of Chapter 5: Air Quality Requirements was updated for clarity and organization, and to refine the requirements.
  • All of Chapter 6: Test Methods was revised for specificity modifications to the test methods.
  • A new Chapter 7: Compressed Breathing Air Systems was added for systems that produce, purify, store, and supply breathing air for filling breathing air cylinders on supplied air respirators and SCBA. Requirements cover the installation, compressors, maintenance, and record keeping of these systems.
  • Annex A material was updated and expanded to provide additional advisory information regarding breathing air quality issues.

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Published:
03/14/2008
Number of Pages:
14

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