Cautions And Limitations; Cautions And Limitations Of Use For Cbrn Scba; Special Or Critical User's Instructions - Scott 2.2 Operating & Maintenance Instructions

IMPROPER USE OF A RESPIRATOR MAy RESUlT IN PERSONAl INJURy OR DEATH. IMPROPER
USE INClUDES, BUT IS NOT lIMITED TO, USE WITHOUT TRAINING, DISREGARD OF THE WARNINGS
AND INSTRUCTIONS SUPPlIED WITH THE RESPIRATOR AND ITS ACCESSORIES AND FAIlURE
TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN THE RESPIRATOR. READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTION
MANUAl AND ANy APPlICABlE ACCESSORy INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS BEFORE ATTEMPTING
TO USE A RESPIRATOR

CAUTIONS AND lIMITATIONS

D – AIRLINE RESPIRATORS CAN BE USED ONLY WHEN THE RESPIRATORS ARE SUPPLIED WITH RESPIRABLE
AIR mEETING THE REQUIREmENTS OF CGA G-7.1 GRADE D OR HIGHER QUALITY.
E – USE ONLY THE PRESSURE RANGES AND HOSE LENGTHS SPECIFIED IN THE USER'S INSTRUCTIONS.
I – CONTAINS ELECTRICAL PARTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED AS AN IGNITION SOURCE IN FLAm-
mABLE OR EXPLOSIVE ATmOSPHERES BY mSHA/NIOSH.
J – FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE AND mAINTAIN THIS PRODUCT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH.
m – ALL APPROVED RESPIRATORS SHALL BE SELECTED FITTED, USED AND mAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH mSHA, OSHA AND OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
N – NEVER SUBSTITUTE, mODIFY, ADD OR OmIT PARTS. USE ONLY EXACT REPLACEmENT PARTS IN THE
CONFIGURATION AS SPECIFIED BY THE mANUFACTURER.
O – REFER TO USER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND/OR mAINTENANCE mANUALS FOR INFORmATION ON USE AND
mAINTENANCE OF THESE RESPIRATORS.
S – SPECIAL OR CRITICAL USER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND/OR SPECIFIC USE LImITATIONS APPLY. REFER
TO INSTRUCTION mANUAL BEFORE DONNING.

CAUTIONS AND lIMITATIONS OF USE FOR CBRN SCBA

Q – USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE ENSEmBLES THAT PROVIDE APPROPRIATE LEVELS
OF PROTECTION AGAINST DERmAL HAZARDS.
R – SOmE CBRN AGENTS mAY NOT PRESENT ImmEDIATE EFFECTS FROm EXPOSURE, BUT CAN RESULT
IN DELAYED ImPAIRmENT, ILLNESS, OR DEATH.
T – DIRECT CONTACT WITH CBRN AGENTS REQUIRES PROPER HANDLING OF THE SCBA AFTER EACH USE AND
BETWEEN mULTIPLE ENTRIES DURING THE SAmE USE. DECONTAmINATION AND DISPOSAL PROCEDURES
mUST BE FOLLOWED. IF CONTAmINATED WITH LIQUID CHEmICAL WARFARE AGENTS, DISPOSE OF THE
SCBA AFTER DECONTAmINATION.
U – THE RESPIRATOR SHOULD NOT BE USED BEYOND 6 HOURS AFTER INITIAL EXPOSURE TO CHEmICAL
WARFARE AGENTS TO AVOID POSSIBILITY OF AGENT PERmEATION.
EBSS - EBSS ACTIVATION OR ENGAGEmENT OF EBSS IN EITHER THE DONOR OR RECEIVER mODE CHANGES
THE SCBA USE TO ESCAPE-ONLY, APPROVED SERVICE TImE FOR EITHER THE DONOR, OR THE RECEIVER
IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. ADDITIONAL CRITICAL CAUTIONS AND LImITATIONS APPLY. REFER TO EBSS
IN THE USERS' mANUAL.
S—SPECIAl OR CRITICAl USER'S INSTRUCTIONS
ALL mODELS ARE APPROVED ONLY WHEN COmPRESSED AIR CYLINDER IS FULLY CHARGED WITH AIR mEETING THE REQUIRE-
mENTS OF THE COmPRESSED GAS ASSOCIATION SPECIFICATION G-7.1, GRADE D AIR OR EQUIVALENT SPECIFICATIONS, OR
mEETING CE EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 132. THE CONTAINER SHALL mEET APPLICABLE DOT SPECIFICATIONS.
AIRLINE RESPIRATORS CAN BE USED ONLY WHEN THE RESPIRATORS ARE SUPPLIED WITH RESPIRABLE AIR mEETING THE
REQUIREmENTS OF CGA G-7.1, GRADE D OR HIGHER QUALITY, OR mEETING CE EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 132.
EXCEPT AS NOTED HEREIN, ALL mODELS OF THE SCOTT 2.2, 4.5, OR 5.5 ARE APPROVED FOR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
DURING ENTRY INTO OR ESCAPE FROm OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATmOSPHERES, GASES AND VAPORS, AT TEmPERATURES
ABOVE -25° F / -32° C.
mASK SEAL KIT P/N 805655-01 IS REQUIRED IF A USER SEAL CHECK IS UNSATISFACTORY EITHER PER THE USER INSTRUC-
TIONS OR THE OSHA FIT TESTING PROCESS. THE mASK SEAL KIT IS PROVIDED WITH THE FULL FACEPIECE. THIS IS A NIOSH
APPROVED COmPONENT TO ENHANCE THE FIT OF THE FACEPIECE.
EBSS, RIC/UAC, AIRLINE CONNECTION OR ANY OTHER QUICK DISCONNECT CONNECTIONS ARE NOT TO BE mADE OR BRO-
KEN IN CBRN ENVIRONmENTS.
EBSS—SPECIAl OR CRITICAl USER'S INSTRUCTIONS
EBSS
mAY NOT BE ENGAGED OR ACTIVATED IN DONOR mODE AFTER THE DONOR END-OF-SERVICE-TImE-INDICATOR (EO-
STI) HAS ACTIVATED.
USERS mUST BE FULLY TRAINED IN THE OPERATION OF EBSS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A TRAINING PROGRAm CONFORmING
TO THE REQUIREmENTS OF NFPA STAN
1500, FIRE DEPARTmENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAm.
SImULTANEOUS CONNECTION OF mORE THAN TWO USERS, ONE DONOR, AND ONE RECEIVER, IS NOT PER-
mITTED
P/N 595279-01 Rev. B 5/14
WARNING
DARDS 1404, FIRE SERVICE RESPIRATORY PROTECTION TRAINING AND
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