Volunteer Responder Equipment: Difference between revisions
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Respiratory protection for NET volunteers gets complicated and weird because there are at least three different scenarios a NET might need a mask for respiratory protection: protection from communicable disease, protection from wildfire smoke, and protection from a hazardous materials release. There is no single mask that can protect against all of those threats, but an N95 comes close. Therefore, the guidance from PBEM is: | Respiratory protection for NET volunteers gets complicated and weird because there are at least three different scenarios a NET might need a mask for respiratory protection: protection from communicable disease, protection from wildfire smoke, and protection from a hazardous materials release. There is no single mask that can protect against all of those threats, but an N95 comes close. Therefore, the guidance from PBEM is: | ||
* Every NET should carry at least quantity two N95 masks in their deployment kit. | * Every NET should carry '''at least quantity two N95 masks in their deployment kit.''' | ||
* N95s have a shelf life, and NETs should note when the masks in their kit expire. | * N95s have a shelf life, and NETs should note when the masks in their kit expire. | ||
