Breathing Apparatus

Breathing Apparatus & Gas Suit Training Course

This is designed for people who need to use BA sets for their employment, or members of Industrial rescue squads.

It can be a half-day refresher course or a full day introduction to Breathing Apparatus course.

Sets and cylinders can be provided for up to 10 students who will learn about;

• Knowledge of BA and its effects on the physiology of the human body
• Wear the BA in actual or practical simulated conditions
• Manage the BA for safe use and survivability
• Shut down and re-commission the BA
• Put on, wear, and operate a gas suits

Breathing Apparatus Training Brochure.

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Course Content:

• Introduction Course Objectives
• BA – Set description
• BA – Ancillary equipment
• Pre use / Donning / Doffing procedures
• Elementary physiology of respiration
• BA – Control procedures
• Guide and personal lines
• Working in heat and smoke
• Search procedure
• Entrapped procedure
• Methods of rescue
• Practical exercises wearing BA
• Cleaning and servicing sets
• Records
• Resuscitation and emergency first aid
• Post test
• Course review and close

All participants will complete an assessment at the end of each course, and receive a certificate.