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Reporting Adverse Conditions Involving Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus ¨C Thermal Degradation and Failure of Facepiece Lens

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May 2025
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2025-116
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This Safety and Health Advisory educates fire departments on an issue with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lenses that are certified to the 2007 or earlier edition of NFPA 1981. It also informs fire departments on how to report adverse SCBA conditions.

Reporting Adverse Conditions Involving Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus – Thermal Degradation and Failure of Facepiece Lens

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NIOSH, International Association of Fire Fighters, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory [2025]. Reporting Adverse Conditions Involving Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus – Thermal Degradation and Failure of Facepiece Lens. By Attwood WR, Kiederer M, Montague P, Peterson J, Tarley J, DeCrane S, and Oren J. Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2025-116.