Respiratory protection monitoring

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Respiratory protection monitoring (ASÜ) means regular and documented monitoring of respiratory protection equipment wearers during deployment or exercise while wearing respiratory protection . Respiratory protection monitoring is mandatory for the fire brigade .

function

Board from the Dräger company
Board from the Häder company

For German fire brigades , respiratory protection monitoring is prescribed in Fire Service Regulation 7 (FwDV 7) Section 4. The task is the registration and timing of the respiratory protective equipment wearers deployed. The aim of the monitoring is to reduce the number of respiratory protection accidents and to increase safety under respiratory protection.

Nevertheless, the general principle of use must always be observed: "Every wearer of breathing apparatus is responsible for his own safety" .

Before or during the use of respiratory equipment wearers, at least the following data should be registered:

  • Names of the emergency services (if applicable, troop names and radio call names)
  • Time when connecting the air supply
  • Time at 1/3 and 2/3 of the expected operating time
  • Time when the objective is reached
  • Time at the beginning of the retreat

The respiratory protection team and the respiratory protection monitor communicate by radio during the operation as soon as the appropriate times have been reached. Further messages are given depending on the situation. If the squad has left the danger area again, which is often not visible to the respiratory protection monitoring during operations, it also reports this and thus ends its own monitoring.

The manager of the unit (relay or group leader) in which the respiratory protection team is deployed is responsible for carrying out the respiratory protection monitoring. He can carry out the activity of respiratory protection monitoring, but not the responsibility e.g. B. delegate to the machinist, the detector or other suitable persons.

technology

Possible marking of the respiratory protection monitoring

After the introduction of FwDV 7 and the regulation on respiratory protection monitoring, various approaches to respiratory protection monitoring quickly emerged. In the meantime there are devices that record a possible mean value of the current residual air pressure.

Cheaper methods are, for example, surveillance panels that can be bought ready-made, but can also be easily made by yourself. Clocks can be attached to it that trigger an alarm after a certain time if the squad has to transmit the pressure via radio or to retreat. Often the team only needs to hang a name card (so-called "tallies") on the board and can thus be easily identified. But here, too, there are now various solutions that have matured over time through practice. The monitoring is now often supplemented by dead man's sensors - devices that the team carries with them.

Furthermore, it must always be ensured that the written documentation is retained even after the deployment. Every emergency worker must provide personal evidence of respiratory protection in which the date and place of use, type of device, the time of use of the respiratory protection and the activity must be recorded. Alternatively, the evidence can also be provided from a central point.

The labeling of the respiratory protection monitoring is not standardized. Corresponding identification vests are used in some federal states . Often there is also no separate labeling. The location of the surveillance is also not specified. The respiratory protection supervisor should be near the unit leader deploying the troops.

Differences to Switzerland

In Switzerland, respiratory protection monitoring is usually called a troop monitor. This has similar tasks as mentioned above and logged:

  • Time and place of use
  • Names of the emergency services (if applicable, troop names and radio call names)
  • Time when connecting the air supply
  • Time at 1/3 and 2/3 of the expected operating time
  • Reaching the objective
  • Change of location (e.g. room, floor)
  • Beginning of the retreat
  • Name of the supervisor
  • The tank pressure of the emergency services or the lowest pressure is also recorded periodically.

He is also responsible:

  • Raise a security squad (if they need first aid)
  • To attach the safety line to an immobile object outside the building
  • Control the operating time
  • In the event of an emergency, inform the operations manager
  • To sign and keep the protocol sheets

literature

  • Ulrich Cimolino (Ed.): Respiratory protection. Series of operational practice. 4th revised edition. ecomed Sicherheit, 2004, ISBN 3-609-68663-4 .
  • Ulrich Cimolino (Ed.): Respiratory protection emergency management. Series of operational practice. 1st edition. ecomed Sicherheit, Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-609-77484-8 .
  • Karl-Heinz Knorr: Die Roten Hefte, Heft 15 - Respiratory protection . 14th, revised edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-020379-2 .
  • Carsten Sorg, Christoph Wöhrle: Die Roten Hefte, Heft 102 - The security team in respiratory protection . 1st edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2020, ISBN 978-3-17-030934-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b respiratory protection. (Fire service regulation 7, status 2002 with changes in 2005), Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, 2005.