Firefighter Challenge®: Input on Eye Protection from Billy Godfedder (Close Calls)

Monday, February 6, 2017

Input on Eye Protection from Billy Godfedder (Close Calls)

Hey,

Well...if someone once told you that you have beautiful, dreamy eyes, we don't care-this isn't what this is about. However, your help is needed for a quick survey so the NFPA folks hear from FIREFIGHTERS and eye protection related to helmets.

Below is a survey link on eye and face protection developed by the NFPA 1971/1851 Task Group on Eye and Face Protection. For decades, the NFPA Technical Committee has struggled in developing a practical minimum standard for fire and emergency services eye and face protection. Currently, there are partial face-shields, flip-downs (bourkes), and goggles. Many fire fighters remove all forms of face and eye protection from their helmet. Often, helmet-mounted eye and faceshield protection are damaged or dirty to an extent it is almost opaque. Contamination issues are now a concern. Opinions vary.

-Some think that eye and face protection should not be attached to the helmet.

-Some think if it is removed from the helmet, there will be no face/eye-protection at all.

-Some think eye and face protection should be integral with the helmet so it is protected when in the stowed position.

So...a Task Group was formed to study this in further detail. The first step in this process is to obtain info and opinion from you, FIREFIGHTERS... on what is currently being used and gather input from YOU, the fire service. The data and input collected will be used to determine if there should, or should not be changes to the NFPA 1971 and 1851 standards.

It is known that the SCBA face piece provides excellent face and eye protection. The purpose of this survey is to determine emergency responder needs for face and eye protection when the SCBA facepiece is not required.

So here ya go ol' blue eyes, take 5 minutes to provide the information so that the opinion of dreamy eyed Firefighters count:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eyeandfaceprot

Take Care. Be Careful. Pass it On,

BillyG

The Secret List 2-6-2017-1300 Hours

www.FireFighterCloseCalls.com

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Dr. Paul earned his doctoral degree from the University of Maryland, School of Public Health, Department of Kinesiology where he placed major emphasis on the study of occupational fitness requirements and the quantification of work physiology. His dissertation on the energy costs and oxygen/lactate kinetics of structural firefighting was the first published study of its kind.

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