Early Respiratory Protection
The Beginning of SCBA
SCBA Through the Years
Modern SCBA
Scott X3 Pro
100
Before SCBA, firefighters sometimes used this body feature as a smoke filter
What are their beards?
100
This industry drove much of the early development of respiratory protection technology
What is mining?
100
In 1945, this company introduced the Air-Pak, representing a transition toward modern SCBA
What is Scott Aviation?
100
Modern SCBA uses this component to store the breathing air
What is the cylinder?
100
You do this to check the battery level
What is press and hold the yellow button?
200
These two brothers developed a smoke helmet in the 1820s
Who were the Deane brothers?
200
These dangerous atmospheric conditions were major reasons mine-rescue teams needed breathing apparatus
What are toxic gases and oxygen-deficient atmospheres?
200
This British fire service adopted Proto equipment, helping move breathing-apparatus technology into firefighting
What is the London Fire Brigade?
200
Air cylinders contain an inner container made of this material
What is aluminum?
200
The Vibralert with activate at this remaining percentage
What is 33%?
300
The Deane brothers' smoke helmet was made primarily from this metal
What is copper?
300
This company's breathing apparatus became widely used by mine-rescue teams in Europe during the early 1900s
What is Dräger?
300
During WWII, advances in breathing equipment were heavily driven by the needs of this group
Who are aircraft crews?
300
The PASS alarm will activate after this amount of time has passed with no movement
What is 20 seconds?
300
The MMR will maintain positive pressure for flows up to this amount
What is 500lpm?
400
The Deane smoke helmet received air through this type of system
What is a hand pump?
400
Early Dräger equipment combined a small air cylinder with this component to remove CO₂
What is a CO₂ absorbent?
400
This type of SCBA recycles the user's breathing gas rather than exhausting it
What is a closed-circuit rebreather?
400
This standard consolidates SCBA, PASS, and other PPE standards
What is NFPA 1970?
400
When using the UEBSS, both firefighters will breathe off of this bottle first
What is the bottle with the lower psi?
500
The early smoke helmet was connected to an air supply through a hose made of this.
Flexible leather
500
In 1914 Siebe Gorman created this device
What is the Proto breathing apparatus?
500
In 1920, MSA introduced this respirator, which used compressed oxygen and a soda-lime scrubber
What is the MSA Gibbs respirator?
500
Approximately this many cubic feet of air are contained in the 45-minute cylinder.
What is 65 ft³?
500
Your Vibralert has activated but you have 3500psi left, the issue is most likely caused by this
What is primary first-stage regulator failure?