SCBA Basics
What does SCBA stand for?
What is Self Contained Breathing Apparatus?
This piece is used to stop air flow when the facepiece is removed from the regulator.
What is an air saver/donning switch?
You should NOT carry SCBA cylinders by what part?
What is the hand wheel?
You should check your SCBA at this frequency.
What is daily?
What are air cylinders made of?
What is an aluminum liner wrapped with layers of carbon fibers and fiberglass sealed with protective epoxy resin coating?
The Scott NXG7 operates using this type of air.
What is compressed air?
This component activates when air pressure drops to about 25% and alerts the user.
What is Vibralert?
At what percent of weight loss/gain should you be fit tested?
What is 10%?
You should clean your facepiece with this kind of solution?
What is mild soap and water?
How heavy is a full air cylinder?
What is 14.3 lbs?
The cylinder pressure when full is this many psi.
5500 PSI
The part that allows you to read your bottle pressure on the front of your gear.
What is the remote pressure gauge or HUD?
What does EBSS stand for?
When testing the PASS device, you activate it by doing this.
What is standing still for 20 seconds (or manually pressing the alarm button)?
How many feet of rope are in the rope bag?
What is 75 ft of 6mm Prussik cord?
Cylinders must be pressure tested how often?
What is every 5 years?
This harness component carries the bottle and attaches to the firefighter.
What is the backframe?
This system allows another firefighter to provide emergency air supply.
What is EBSS?
In a daily check, ensure which part of the face mask is properly seated?
What is the nose cup?
How many HUD lights a represented when it first initializes?
This component reduces high-pressure air from the bottle to a breathable pressure.
What is the pressure reducer?
Allows air flow into the facepiece directly without breathing.
What is a purge valve?
This port allows RIT teams to refill your bottle without removing your SCBA.
What is UAC?
In a weekly check, verify that the remote pressure gauge and cylinder gauge are within what percent?
What is 10%?
What are the 4 Pak-Alert operating modes?
What is automatic, pre-alarm, full alarm, manual alarm?