Fire safety – working with respiratory protection equipment
As an emergency responder during fires, you must also think about your own safety. Proper respiratory protection equipment ensures your safety in emergencies provided you use it correctly.
- 4 hours
- Price on request
- Dutch, French, English
- Attestation of participation
- SME portfolio, Training cheques, Sector fund
In-house
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Your own safety comes before all else during a fire. So it is best to work with proper respiratory protection equipment. For example, autonomous and non-autonomous respiratory protection equipment (IS-081), such as a breathing apparatus and an apparatus with a hose connection. This practical training will teach you how to use respiratory protection equipment effectively and safely.
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What do you learn?
During this training, you learn how to react in specific situations. It contains a theoretical and a practical part. There is a maximum of 12 participants. In this way, you gain as much practical experience as possible.
Theory
Correctly interpreting the regulations for the use of self-contained respiratory protection equipment
Respiratory function
Recognising risks (oxygen deficiency, substances harmful to your health, and limit values)
Supplied-air and self-contained respiratory protection equipment (scope, functioning, and limitations)
Construction and operation of self-contained respiratory protection equipment
Calculating factors influencing the degree of protection: pressure and residual pressure, air consumption, and safety margin
Explaining points for attention when using a hose connection (canister dolly, respiratory air network)
Advantages and disadvantages of autonomous respiratory protection equipment and air via a fixed respiratory airline
Maintenance and checks
Start-up and shut-down procedure and safety tests
Last-Minute Risk Assessment (LMRA)
Practical
Preparing and checking the respiratory protection equipment
Start-up and shut-down procedure
Getting used to wearing autonomous respiratory protection equipment
Climbing stairs, ladders, crawling through narrow passages and low passages, and going through a manhole while wearing respiratory protection equipment
Performing simple work while wearing respiratory protection equipment
Responding to an emergency: problems with your own canister, colleague in need, fire or gas alarm
Calculating air consumption and return time
Result
After this training, you will be able to work effectively and safely with autonomous and non-autonomous respiratory protection equipment (IS-081).
You will receive a certificate of participation.
On request, you will also receive a BeSaCC VCA-accredited diploma IS0-81 ‘Working with self-contained (autonomous and non-autonomous) respiratory protection equipment’. This diploma remains valid for five years.
General knowledge of fire safety
Prefer to learn the basics about fire safety first? Then be sure to follow the 'Fire prevention and control' training course.
For whom?
Respiratory protection equipment is part of the equipment for members of the first intervention team, evacuation team, and firefighting service. The training is therefore aimed at that group of emergency responders.
Admission requirements
You are at least 18 years old and have been declared medically fit to wear self-contained respiratory protection equipment.
What does the law say?
If you work in polluted air or in places with little oxygen, you must use respiratory protection equipment.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) for respiratory protection filters ambient air (= dependent on the ambient air) or supplies clean air (= independent of the ambient air).
It is best to leave the selection of the right respiratory protection equipment to a specialist.
Users of such PPE must first receive the necessary training to prevent serious damage to their health or their death.
Price
If your organisation is affiliated with Mensura External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work (ESPPW) and you have prevention units, you can pay with these as long as your balance is sufficient.
Options:
Training courses can be held in the evening or at the weekend for an additional fee.
You can indicate your interest in the options in your request for a quote.
Subsidies
We qualify for all kinds of subsidies and financing options because we are certified by many government agencies and sector funds.
SME-Portfolio (in Flanders). Use these certification numbers in your request:
members of Mensura External Department for Prevention for Prevention and Protection: Mensura EDPB - DV.O105072
non-members: Mensura CONSULT - DV.O101943
Training vouchers
Sector fund
Alimento
Constructiv
Volta
Is het verplicht een brandbestrijdingsdienst op te richten?
Ja, elke werkgever is verplicht om een eigen brandbestrijdingsdienst te hebben.
Zo’n dienst bestaat uit een aantal medewerkers die efficiënt kunnen optreden bij brandgevaar. Hoeveel werknemers je hebt, speelt geen rol. Er moet altijd één persoon van de dienst aanwezig zijn.
Een risicoanalyse bepaalt uit hoeveel medewerkers zo’n brandbestrijdingsdienst bestaat: afhankelijk van de grootte van je bedrijf, het soort activiteiten en het brandrisico.
Wie moet een brandopleiding volgen in mijn organisatie?
Binnen elke organisatie moeten een aantal medewerkers efficiënt kunnen optreden bij brandgevaar, de brandpreventiedienst. De leden volgen een gerichte opleiding, met een theoretisch en een praktijk luik. Ze leren er meewerken aan een risicoanalyse, ingrijpen bij beginnende brand en een evacuatie correct en snel uit te voeren.
Alle overige werknemers moeten op de hoogte gebracht worden van mogelijke brandrisico’s, het alarmsignaal, wat te doen bij brand en hoe te evacueren.
As an employer, are you allowed to organise fire safety training yourself?
Yes, as an employer, you are allowed to organise fire safety training yourself. Please note, however, that you are then personally responsible for ensuring that the training is sufficiently in-depth and practical, and that the necessary refresher training is provided.
Prefer to be on the safe side? Mensura can take care of the training and all the associated organisation for you. This way, you can be sure of high-quality training delivered by experienced experts, with a course that is always up to date with the latest legislation.
Is het verplicht een brandbestrijdingsdienst op te richten?
Ja, elke werkgever is verplicht om een eigen brandbestrijdingsdienst te hebben.
Zo’n dienst bestaat uit een aantal medewerkers die efficiënt kunnen optreden bij brandgevaar. Hoeveel werknemers je hebt, speelt geen rol. Er moet altijd één persoon van de dienst aanwezig zijn.
Een risicoanalyse bepaalt uit hoeveel medewerkers zo’n brandbestrijdingsdienst bestaat: afhankelijk van de grootte van je bedrijf, het soort activiteiten en het brandrisico.
Wie moet een brandopleiding volgen in mijn organisatie?
Binnen elke organisatie moeten een aantal medewerkers efficiënt kunnen optreden bij brandgevaar, de brandpreventiedienst. De leden volgen een gerichte opleiding, met een theoretisch en een praktijk luik. Ze leren er meewerken aan een risicoanalyse, ingrijpen bij beginnende brand en een evacuatie correct en snel uit te voeren.
Alle overige werknemers moeten op de hoogte gebracht worden van mogelijke brandrisico’s, het alarmsignaal, wat te doen bij brand en hoe te evacueren.
As an employer, are you allowed to organise fire safety training yourself?
Yes, as an employer, you are allowed to organise fire safety training yourself. Please note, however, that you are then personally responsible for ensuring that the training is sufficiently in-depth and practical, and that the necessary refresher training is provided.
Prefer to be on the safe side? Mensura can take care of the training and all the associated organisation for you. This way, you can be sure of high-quality training delivered by experienced experts, with a course that is always up to date with the latest legislation.
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