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Personal Protective Clothing
This 8 or 16 hour class is designed to teach the responder how to
select, use, and test protective clothing. Upon completion of this
class, you will be able to:
1.
Identify the need for specialized protective clothing used at
hazardous materials incidents.
2.
Describe the application, use, and limitations of structural
fire fighting, chemical protective, high temperature, and
flash fire protective clothing used at hazardous materials
incidents.
3.
Define terms associated with chemical protective clothing.
4.
Describe how to interpret a chemical compatibility chart for
chemical protective clothing and describe the limitations
and deficiencies of compatibility charts.
5.
Describe the four levels of protection as found in the
EPA/OSHA publications, list the equipment required for each
level, and describe the conditions under which each level is
used.
6.
Identify key points relating to the decontamination of
personal protective clothing.
7.
Describe a PPE program.
8.
Given a hazardous materials incident, select the appropriate
personal clothing equipment to be used for that incident.
9.
Demonstrate the proper donning, doffing, and usage of
Level A, Level B, and Level C chemical protective clothing.
10.
Demonstrate of proper inspection and testing of chemical
protective clothing.