Fireground Exposure Control — Doffing Hood

A commuter airplane has crashed near the airport in a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Unalaska, Alaska. Freelance photographer Jim Paulin says the crash at the Unalaska airport occurred Thursday after 5 p.m. Paulin says the Peninsula Airways flight from Anchorage to Dutch Harbor landed about 500 feet (152 meters) beyond the airport near the water. (Jim Paulin via AP)

Reconsider how you remove your hood

Illinois Fire Service Institute – How can you personally reduce your exposure to fireground contaminants?

Part 2 of our series looks at a method you might consider when doffing your hood after you have completed firefighting operations or after on-scene decontamination. While it may not be feasible in all applications, this technique can reduce cross contamination that would defeat some of the benefits in adopting particle blocking hood technologies.

See Part 1

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