Respiratory protection assembly point

A respiratory protection assembly point is necessary for fire brigade operations when several respiratory protection teams are deployed.

In order to have a precise overview of which fire brigade is in action with a breathing apparatus , a precise protocol must be kept. A process post records when someone puts on respiratory protection and when he comes out of the area again. In addition, the commander of the respiratory protection assembly point has an overview of how many respiratory equipment wearers he always has available. As with any respiratory protection operation, it is important that there is also a security team who only has to connect the regulators to the mask in the event of imminent danger and can come to the aid of the troop at risk.

In addition, empty breathing air bottles of the compressed air breathing apparatus are replaced by full ones at a breathing apparatus assembly point . This is also where the teams pick up and put down the devices. There are marked places for this. Mobile respiratory protection compressors or large filling bottles can also be placed here to refill the empty breathing air bottles.

The respiratory protection assembly point must always be outside the danger area so that there is no danger to the comrades. Due to the increasing importance of contamination by fire gases , a combination of respiratory protection and decontamination station can also be beneficial.