NFPA 1855-2018 Standard on Selection Care and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents (Effective Date 11 30 2017).pdf

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32、55 Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents 2018 Edition This edition of NFPA 1855, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Special Opera

33、tions Protective Clothing and Equipment and released by the Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency Services Protective Clothing and Equipment. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 10, 2017, with an effective date of November 30, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This edi

34、tion of NFPA 1855 was approved as an American National Standard on November 30, 2017. Origin and Development of NFPA 1855 In March 2009, the NFPA Standards Council approved a request of the Technical Committee on Special Operations Protective Clothing and Equipment to develop a new standard on the s

35、election, care, and maintenance of protective ensembles for technical rescue. The new standard was intended to be a companion document to 1951, Standard on Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents. Following Standards Council approval, the Technical Committee established a task group to d

36、evelop the new standard. When the task group completed its work, the Technical Committee reviewed the draft document, and both the Technical Committee and the Technical Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency Services Protective Clothing and Equipment were balloted. In October 2010, the draft st

37、andard, the results of the Technical Committee and Technical Correlating Committee ballot, and a request to enter a Fall 2012 revision cycle were submitted to the Standards Council. The Standards Council approved the request, and the new standard, NFPA 1855, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintena

38、nce of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents, opened for public proposals in January 2011. Seventy-eight proposals to the standard were received by the proposal closing date of May 23, 2011. The Technical Committee met in July 2011 to review the proposals, and the Report on Proposals (

39、ROP) was published in December 2011. During the public comment period, 47 comments were received, and the Technical Committee met in March 2012 to review those comments. The Report on Comments (ROC) was published in August 2012. This rst edition of NFPA 1855, Standard on Selection, Care, and Mainten

40、ance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents, featured chapters on the program; selection; inspection; cleaning and decontamination; repair; storage; retirement, disposition, and special incident procedure; verication; and test procedures of protective ensembles related to technical r

41、escue incidents. The 2018 edition has a few updates. The major changes are removal of the CBRN requirements as well as the hood references because hoods were part of the CBRN ensemble. The standard no longer allows use of a center post agitator for washing purposes.SELECTION, CARE, AND MAINTENANCE O

42、F PROTECTIVE ENSEMBLES FOR TECHNICAL RESCUE INCIDENTS 1855-2 2018 Edition Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency Services Protective Clothing and Equipment William E. Haskell, III, Chair National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, MA E Rep. National Institute for Occupational Safety &

43、Health Jason L. Allen, Intertek Testing Services, NY RT James B. Area, Chimera Enterprises International, MD SE Joseph Arrington, San Antonio Fire Department, TX U Roger L. Barker, North Carolina State University, NC SE James E. Brinkley, International Association of Fire Fighters, DC L Rep. Interna

44、tional Association of Fire Fighters Steven D. Corrado, UL LLC, NC RT Cristine Z. Fargo, International Safety Equipment Association, VA M Edmund Farley, Pittsburgh Bureau Of Fire, PA E Robert A. Freese, Globe Manufacturing Company, NH M Patricia A. Gleason, ASTM/Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), VA R

45、T David V. Haston, US Department of Agriculture, ID E Diane B. Hess, PBI Performance Products, Inc., NC M Thomas M. Hosea, US Department of the Navy, FL RT James S. Johnson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA RT Jeff Legendre, Northborough Fire Department, MA U Karen E. Lehtonen, Lion Group,

46、 Inc., OH M Gregory J. Mackin, Boston Fire Department, MA E David G. Matthews, Fire & Industrial (PPE) Ltd., United Kingdom SE Rep. International Standards Organization Benjamin Mauti, Mine Safety Appliances Company, PA M Rep. Compressed Gas Association Michael F. McKenna, Michael McKenna & Associat

47、es, LLC, CA SE John H. Morris, Johnson Controls/TYCO/Scott Safety, GA M Jack E. Reall, Columbus (OH) Division of Fire, OH L Rep. Columbus Fireghters Union Jeffrey O. Stull, International Personnel Protection, Inc., TX M Tim W. Tomlinson, Addison Fire Department, TX C Robert D. Tutterow, Jr., Fire In

48、dustry Equipment Research Organization (FIERO), NC U Rep. NFPA Fire Service Section William A. Van Lent, Veridian Ltd., Inc., IA M Rep. Fire & Emergency Manufacturers & Services Association Bruce H. Varner, BHVarner & Associates, AZ M Rep. International Fire Service Training Association Steven H. We

49、instein, Honeywell Safety Products, CA M Richard Weise, Los Angeles County Fire Department, CA U Harry P. Winer, HIP Consulting LLC, MA SE Alternates Louis Carpentier, Innotex Inc., Canada M (Alt. to William A. Van Lent) Patricia A. Freeman, Globe Manufacturing Company, LLC, NH M (Alt. to Robert A. Freese) Tim J. Gardner, 3M Company, MN M (Alt. to Cristine Z. Fargo) Pamela A. Kavalesky, Intertek Testing Services, NY RT (Alt. to Jason L. Allen) Judge W. Morgan, Scott Safety, NC M (Alt. to