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This Guide is a training tool to help you understand your NFPA Compliant hazardous
material emergency Footwear and how to use it in the safest possible manner during various
dangerous operations. Please take time to read it.
This Guide will train you to:
• Put on your Footwear
• Wear your Footwear safely
• Inspect your Footwear
• Repair your Footwear
• Clean and Decontaminate your Footwear
• Store your Footwear
• Retire your Footwear
For your personal safety be alert for important safety messages in this Guide:
CAUTION
CAUTION Indicates potentially hazardous situations or unsafe practices that could result in
minor or moderate personal injury or product or property damage if instructions, including
recommended precautions, are not followed. The signal word “CAUTION” is highlighted
in gray in this Guide.
WARNING
WARNING Indicates potentially hazardous situations that could result in serious personal
injury or death if not avoided, or if instructions, including recommended precautions, are
not followed. The signal word “WARNING” is highlighted in orange on labels attached
to your Footwear, and in black in this Guide.
DANGER Indicates immediate hazards that will result in serious personal injury or death if
not avoided, or if instructions, including recommended precautions, are not followed. The
signal word “DANGER” is highlighted in red, both in this Guide and on labels affixed to
your Footwear, to indicate the extreme hazard of the situation.
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DANGER
