2025 Annual Conference: Safety

Friday, October 17th, 8:00 - 11:30 am | Morning Session
Friday, October 17th, 12:30 - 4:00 pm | Afternoon Session

Safety: NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Firefighting and Proximity Firefighting, 2020 Edition
Chris Moelker, PPE Specialist, Globe/MSA

Session Description
Establish a program to reduce the safety risks and potential health risks associated with poorly maintained, contaminated, or damaged protective ensembles and ensemble elements.

Establish basic criteria for selection, inspection, cleaning, decontamination, repair, storage, and retirement of protective ensembles and ensemble elements.