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All Equipment discussion / Re: Closed or Open Circuit Breathing Apparatus(CCBA/SCBA)
« on: January 31, 2011, 05:59:57 AM »
I would like to respond to this topic - whether a fire service should or should not use CCBA should be considered on certain criteria
1/. Infrastructure based risk - ( large industrial complexes, shopping centres etc )
2/. Finacial position of the fire service to purchase , maintain and train
Most fire services are not in the postion to fund ,train and maintain CCBA as they are expensive and based on the above issues hard to justify.
The one issue that been little discussed is usage time
CCBA will provide up to 4 hours use as opposed to SCBA realistically - 17 minutes
( at 65 l/m using 200 bar x 9 litre cylinder )- less 10 min warning whistle time
even twin cylinders only provide optimally 35 mins
1/. Infrastructure based risk - ( large industrial complexes, shopping centres etc )
2/. Finacial position of the fire service to purchase , maintain and train
Most fire services are not in the postion to fund ,train and maintain CCBA as they are expensive and based on the above issues hard to justify.
The one issue that been little discussed is usage time
CCBA will provide up to 4 hours use as opposed to SCBA realistically - 17 minutes
( at 65 l/m using 200 bar x 9 litre cylinder )- less 10 min warning whistle time
even twin cylinders only provide optimally 35 mins