Saturday, November 7, 2009
NFPA Updates Standards
The National Fire Protection Association recently updated several standards for fire and rescue gear. Departments should be aware of these changes before they purchase new equipment:
- NFPA 1951, Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Operations.
- NFPA 1961, Fire Hose.
- NFPA 1971, Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting.
- NFPA 1981, Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Emergency Services.
- NFPA 1982, Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS).
All of the updates are effective in 2007. To order these and other NFPA standards, call 800-344-3555 or go to www.nfpacatalog.org.
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