"Standard on Respirators for Wildland Fire-Fighting Operations and Wildland Urban Interface Operations"

This standard shall specify the minimum design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for respirators to provide protection from inhalation hazards for personnel conducting wildland fire-fighting operations. This standard shall specify only respirator requirements for use in non-IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) wildland environments during wildland fire-fighting operations.

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service: Examples of specifications include, but are not limited to, requirements for; physical, mechanical, or chemical properties, and safety, quality, or performance criteria. A specification identifies the test methods for determining whether each of the requirements is satisfied.

A definitive procedure that produces a test result: Examples of test methods include, but are not limited to: identification, measurement, and evaluation of one or more qualities, characteristics, or properties. A precision and bias statement shall be reported at the end of a test method.

A breathing device worn to prevent inhalation of hazardous substances. Respirators protect the user in two basic ways. The first is by the removal of contaminants from the air. Respirators of this type include particulate respirators, which filter out airborne particles; and "gas masks” which filter out chemicals and gases. Other respirators protect by supplying clean respirable air from another source. Respirators that fall into this category include airline respirators, which use compressed air from a remote source; and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), which include their own air supply.

• Special Use Respirators

• Inhalation

• 33-2000 Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers
  • 33-2011 Firefighters, Forest

NFPA 1977 - 2022 edition - Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting and Urban Interface Fire Fighting

29 CFR 1910.134 - Respiratory protection

42 CFR 84.1 - Approval of Respiratory Protective Devices: Subpart A: General Information