Special protective clothing for firefighters

Types, purpose and characteristics of special protective clothing and equipment of a firefighter

Fighting clothing for firefighters (FBO) is designed to protect the skin of a person from adverse and harmful environmental factors arising from extinguishing fires and conducting associated primary emergency rescue operations, as well as from various climatic influences.

BOP includes a jacket with a hood, trousers (or bib pants) with removable thermal insulation pads and hand protection. As a coating, special materials are used that provide the main protective properties of the BOP.

Maintenance of the BOP is carried out in accordance with the instructions for its operation, and after each use - by visual inspection.

A fire helmet (helmet) is designed to protect the head and face of a person from mechanical influences and other dangerous factors arising from extinguishing fires and carrying out the associated primary emergency rescue operations. During operation, it is necessary to apply the established insignia on both sides of the helmet (front and back).

Designed to rescue people and self-rescue firefighters during extinguishing fires and related rescue operations, as well as to insure firefighters when working at height.

It is intended for rescue operations, as well as for securing and insuring firefighters when working at height during fire fighting and carrying out priority rescue operations associated with them.

Designed for cutting and opening elements of wooden structures, as well as moving with a pickaxe along steep roof slopes.

Designed to protect human legs from unfavorable and harmful environmental factors arising during extinguishing fires and eliminating the consequences of accidents, as well as from climatic influences.

Firefighters hand protection (mittens)

Designed to protect human hands from adverse and harmful environmental factors arising from extinguishing fires and eliminating the consequences of accidents, as well as from climatic influences.

Local protective equipment for firefighters (SLZ)

Designed to provide additional protection for the hands, feet and head of a firefighter when working near open flames and incandescent objects.

The SLZ set includes a hood with a cape and a viewing porthole, shoe covers and mittens with leggings.

Requirements of technical regulations on fire safety requirements

Objectives and scope of technical regulation

This Federal Law is adopted in order to protect the life, health, property of citizens and legal entities, state and municipal property from fires, defines the main provisions of technical regulation in the field of fire safety and establishes general fire safety requirements for protected objects (products), including buildings and structures, industrial facilities, fire-technical products and general products.

With regard to special-purpose protection facilities, including military facilities, nuclear power plants, production facilities, processing facilities, storage of radioactive and explosive substances and materials, facilities for the destruction and storage of chemical weapons and explosives, ground-based space facilities and launch sites, mine workings , objects located in forests, along with this Federal Law, the fire safety requirements established by the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation must be observed.

Requirements of labor protection rules for special protective clothing and equipment of a firefighter

Depending on its purpose, it should provide illumination of the fire site, search for sources of fire and people in a smoky atmosphere, designation of the location of firefighters and performance of other types of work in case of fire.

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