April 2011 Five Minute Quiz
4th April 2011The topic for this month is “Breathing Apparatus”. Answers are available below:
1. What three items must any appliance carrying BA have?
2. What are the four items of equipment all BA sets must have?
3. What are the tasks of an Entry Control Officer (ECO)?
4. State what the Sudden Air Loss Procedure is.
5. State when a Pump Operator would not carry out the role of an Entry Control Officer.
6. To comply with the Facial Hair Policy and to avoid leaks around the seal, BA wearers will do what?
7. When are Firefighters required to don and start up BA?
8. When is Stage 2 BA control (BACO) set up?
9. Who must BACO liaise with?
10. How is the location of a BA Stage 2 board denoted?
Answers:
1) Entry Control Board, Entry Control Officer jerkin, and a minimum of 1 BA main guideline. 2) BA Tally Tag, Distress Signal Unit (DSU), personal line, torch. 3) Controlling the entry and exit of BA wearers by using the entry control board, monitoring the safety of BA wearers, ensuring there is a response to any emergency involving BA wearers, maintaining resources for BA wearers. 4) Check the cylinder is turned on, operate the manual by-pass (on Sabre Centurion and Contour) or supplementary supply valve (on Drager PA 94+), Operate DSU, Exit to Entry Control Point. 5) When 7 or more personnel are wearing BA, then the OIC will appoint a separate ECO. 6) Wearers of BA will not grow facial hair around the area of the mask seal or wear glasses that pass through the mask seal. 7) When carrying out any out any operation that may expose them to toxic substances, dust, fumes, smoke, other irrespirable atmospheres. 8) 3 or more entry points are set up; 6 or more teams of BA wearers are working at any one time; OIC Fire considers it necessary. 9) Entry Control Officers; Incident Controller; and the Resources Officer (if appointed). 10) By using a non-flashing blue light.