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Improve the safety and welfare of responders with the 2006 NFPA 1404!

NFPA 1404 contains minimum requirements for the training component of the Respiratory Protection Program found in NFPA 1500: Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. Areas addressed include safety procedures for those involved in fire suppression, rescue, and related activities in a toxic, contaminated, or oxygen-deficient atmosphere or environment.

Only this latest edition includes significant changes in chapters addressing:

* Emergency escape respirators

* Selection and use of supplied air respirators in training

* Standard operating procedures for respiratory protection equipment training

* Evaluation of an individual's ability to act properly during a simulated emergency

* Identification of various types of respiratory equipment during training

* Practical applications in air-purifying and positive air-purifying respirator training.

This edition also introduces new definitions for CBRN, CBRNE, Emergency Escape Respirators, Facepieces, Individual Air Management Program, and WMD.