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4.
Hold the smoke hood in front of you, stretching the neck seal open with both hands
Figure 3: Neck seal stretched open (Essex standard configuration shown)
5.
Pull the smoke hood over your head, adjusting in place for comfort.
6.
Once you are wearing the hood, follow your standard training procedure.
7.
After your training exercise is complete, bend down and remove the device by grabbing
the back of the hood and pulling forwards off your head.
3.2.
Disinfection
The neck seal and facial contact area in the front of the hood should be disinfected with alcohol
between uses in order to ensure the health of the trainees.
3.3.
Rearming
The PBE should be rearmed in order to prepare for the next use.
For the pull ball configuration, attach one
clip to each simulated oxygen generator
For the Essex standard configuration, attach
the clips to the simulated oxygen generator
on the opposite side of the PBE (Figure 2).
Attach the clips as shown below (Figure 4).