NFPA 1850 Training
Your PPE is designed to protect you. Proper care and maintenance help ensure it continues to perform as intended throughout its service life.
LION Fire Academy provides practical training and resources to help fire departments understand and implement an NFPA 1850 PPE care and maintenance program. Explore training on PPE cleaning, inspection, repair, contamination control and other practices that support the proper care of structural firefighting PPE.
Whether you are a firefighter, recruit, department PPE manager / technician or an organization responsible for PPE care and maintenance, LION Fire Academy provides resources to help you confidently care for your gear.
NFPA 1850 PPE CARE AND MAINTENANCE TRAINING
Our NFPA 1850 training series provide practical instruction to help fire departments build and maintain an effective PPE care and maintenance program.
Training topics include:
- NFPA 1850 program responsibilities and recordkeeping
- PPE selection and risk assessment
- Preliminary Exposure Reduction (PER) and contamination control
- Advanced PPE cleaning
- Routine and advanced PPE inspections
- Complete liner inspections
- Basic PPE repairs
- Storage, retirement and special incidents
NFPA 1850 training modules apply to all brands of structural firefighting PPE, making them a valuable resource for departments with mixed PPE inventories.
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PROTECT YOUR PPE. PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE.
Proper PPE care is more than keeping gear clean. It is an ongoing program of exposure reduction, cleaning, inspection, repair, documentation, storage and retirement.
LION TotalCare helps fire departments manage the entire PPE lifecycle with cleaning, inspection, repair and program support designed to help keep gear safe, serviceable and ready for the next call.
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CLEAN
Fireground contaminants can remain on PPE after an incident. Preliminary Exposure Reduction and proper cleaning practices help reduce contamination and prevent it from spreading to apparatus, stations and other environments.
Clean gear is part of a complete exposure-reduction strategy.
INSPECT
Routine and advanced inspections help identify contamination, damage, wear and other conditions that could affect PPE performance.
Firefighters should routinely inspect their gear, while advanced inspections provide a more comprehensive evaluation of the complete ensemble.
Inspect. Detect. Correct.
REPAIR
Small problems can become bigger problems when they are not addressed. Qualified repairs can help return serviceable PPE to proper condition and extend its useful life.
When damage is identified, remove the gear from service as appropriate and have it evaluated by a qualified repair provider.
MANAGE THE PPE LIFECYCLE
NFPA 1850 goes beyond cleaning and inspection. A comprehensive PPE program addresses PPE from selection and initial issue through cleaning, inspection, repair, storage, documentation and eventual retirement.
Need help managing your department's PPE program?
LION TotalCare offers PPE cleaning, inspection, repair and lifecycle management solutions to help departments maintain their gear and support their NFPA 1850 program.
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