FirefightersField decontamination: Below freezing: a brush only, wearing the SCBA on air so you do not breathe in the fine debris and dust
Below freezing: a brush only, wearing the SCBA on air so you do not breathe in the fine debris and dust. As a member of a team, in full protective gear and SCBA, you clean the contaminants off yourself and your gear at the scene and get the gear ready to be used again. It is station 4-5 of Ohio's Firefighter I practical exam (NFPA 1001 4.1.2).
Free to startThis scenario
- Below freezing: a brush only, wearing the SCBA on air so you do not breathe in the fine debris and dust.
The steps
- Remove the debris: with water and a brush, or, below freezing, with a brush only and the SCBA on air.
- Take off the gear and place it in the container provided.
- Wipe your exposed skin, at least the head, neck, jaw, throat and hands.
- Do not put the protective gear in the cab of the apparatus.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 5 steps.
- The decontamination area is set up at the scene before the evaluation; an evaluator can help as a team member, following your directions.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
Firefighter I Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5919)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter I skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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