of manufacturer must also be subjected to a com-
plete liner inspection as part of the advanced in-
spection.
Wearing Instructions
Donning
– The specific donning instructions will
depend on how your coat and pants are configured
and will be affected by the specific features pro-
vided on your garment. You should put on your
pants before you put on your coat.
To properly put on your pants:
1.
Ensure that your liner is properly installed. The
liner
should be attached to your pants outer shell
at both
the waist with the legs attached at the
bottom of
each leg using a combination of snaps
and hook
and loop closure tape at the waist and
snaps at the
bottom of the pants cuffs.
•
E
nsure
that the inspection
port is
closed
if
the
opening has
hook and loop
closure tape or a
zipper.
2.
Install the suspenders or belt into your pants:
• For traditional metal hook attachments, secure
each hook attachment onto the front and bot
tom
suspender buttons of the pants ensuring
the
orientation of the cross on the suspenders
is
at
the back of the pants. The hook is secured
by
putting the wide part of the hook over the
button
and pulling the hook so that the button
slips into
the narrow end of the hook.
• For non-button suspender snaps, thread the
suspender ends through the loops provided on
the interior of the pants waistband and close
the
snaps to secure the suspender ends to the
pants.
• For Quick-Release buckle attachments, on the
front of the pants, place the male end of the
buckle on the suspender straps into the female
part attached to the front of the pant until the
buckle snaps into place, ensuring that the
buckle
is completely closed. On the back of
the
pant,
thread both hook and loop straps of
the
suspender ends through the
corresponding
slider buckle and securely
close the hook and
loop.
• If a belt is provided in your pants, thread the
belt
through pant loops on the exterior
waistline
of
your pants so that the buckle is
open in the
fly
area.
3.
Step into you pants as if you would for normal
trousers and pull up your pants to your waist.
4.
If suspenders are provided with your pants, pull
the
suspenders over your shoulder
s.
5.
Close the fly of your pants using the provided
hardware (either a zipper or hook and dee) and/or
hook and loop tape. Hook tape on one side of
the
fly
should be matched directly to the loop on
the
other
side of the fly.
6.
Adjust your suspenders so that the pants feel
secure on your waist; however, do not over adjust
your suspenders to cause pulling the crotch up of
your pants too high.
7. If you have a belt, close your belt.
8. If your pants are provided with side take up
straps, adjust the slide so that the pants waist is
adjusted to provide the most comfortable and
functional fit.
It is recommended that you set up your pants on
your footwear prior to donning. This will assist your
rapid donning of your ensemble. To set up your
pants with your footwear, initially don your pants as
described above. Put on your footwear and pull the
pants cuff down on top of your footwear. Then, while
standing, doff your pants (see instructions below)
folding the pants on top of your footwear. The next
time you don your pants, step through the pant
openings with each foot directly into the footwear
through each pants leg and don your pants as
described above.
Some pants may be outfitted with boot access
panels. If present, the zippers can be opened before
donning your pants to permit you first putting on your
footwear and slipping your footwear through each
pants legs, and then securing the zipper after the
donning of your pants is complete.
To properly put on your protective coat:
1.
Ensure that the liner is properly installed in your
coat. The liner is attached to the outer shell at the
collar and along the sides of the front closure
using a combination of snaps and hook and loop
closure tape, or a zipper. Make sure that the liner
is properly aligned before securing the liner to the
outer shell. Similarly, the liner must be attached to
the end of the sleeves but securing the snaps on
the liner with the shell. Ensure that the liner arm is
not twisted inside the shell when the snaps are
matched up between the shell and the liner.
•
E
nsure that the inspection port is
closed
if the
opening has hook and loop closure tape, or a
zipper.
2.
Ensure that the DRD is properly installed in your
coat. Refer to the instructions provided below for
the respective DRD that is provided with your
coat.
3.
It is recommended that you have your protective
hood donned over your head (with your head
through the face opening) before donning your
coat.
4.
Put your coat on as you would a normal jacket.
5.
When putting your arms and hands through the
coat sleeves, extend your arms through the
wristlet
such that the long tab, if applicable, goes
over your thumb or your thumb goes through the
hole in the wristlet, if applicable, depending on
the type
of wristlet provided with your coat.
6.
Make sure that your coat collar is in a raised posi-
tion over its entire circumference around your
neck.
7.
Pull the coat front closure together.
• If your coat is provided with a zipper closure,
match up the zipper ends and correctly align
the zipper slider before pulling the zipper up to
your collar area.
• If your coat is provided with an inner snap or
hook and loop closure tape based front
closure,
align the snaps and secure the hook
tape
against the loop tape.
• If your coat has hooks and dees as part of its
inner closure, secure the correct hook to each
dee.
8.
Secure the front closure flap over the inner
closure by matching up the hook and loop
closure tape or securing the hooks with the
respective dees,depending on your coats
configuration.
9.
Put on your SCBA and SCBA facepiece in
accordance with the SCBA manufacturer’s
donning instructions.
10.
Pull up your hood so that the hood properly
interfaces with your SCBA facepiece and
covers
all portions of your face that are not
protected by either the SCBA facepiece or coat
collar.
11.
Secure your collar by pulling your chinstrap
across the collar opening and securing the
hook
portion of the closure tape onto the loop
portion
of the closure tape. When properly
donned, the collar closure should abut against
the bottom of your SCBA facepiece.
12.
Put on your protective gloves so that the glove
body fits over you
r
wristlets secured to your
hand and the glove gauntlet or wristlet is over
the coat sleeve wristlet but underneath the coat
sleeve shell.
13.
Check the overlap between your coat and your
pants and ensure that all ensemble elements
have proper interfaces with your protective
coat.
Adjustment
for Fit and Interface Issues
– Per
the
requirements in NFPA 1500,
Standard on Fire
Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
, check the overlap between your coat and
pants, using the following procedures:
1. Don your pants and coat as described in the pro
cedures above (it is not necessary to don your
protective hood, protective gloves, and SCBA for
this determination).
2. Begin by standing
and put your hands
together after
reaching overhead
as high as possible.
3. Then, while still
standing, keep your
hands together,
reach overhead,
and then bend
forward at the waist
and move to each
side and to the back
as much as
possible.
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