Volunteer Responder Equipment: Difference between revisions
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== Respiratory Protection == | == Respiratory Protection == | ||
[[File:N95.2025 revision.jpg|thumb|507x507px|Illustration by [https://www.hughnewell.com/ Hugh Newell].]] | [[File:N95.2025 revision.jpg|thumb|507x507px|Illustration by [https://www.hughnewell.com/ Hugh Newell].]] | ||
''See also: [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ppe/php/community-respirators-masks/ CDC guidance on respirators]'' | |||
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: | ||
