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The History of BA in the British Fire Service -1955

Following the second fire at Covent Garden the Home Office issued Technical Bulletin No 2/1955. This document stresses the importance of two fundamental points of good BA procedure:-

  1. BA should be donned and started up in fresh air before the wearer enters the incident.
  2. If the wearer’s nose clip or face mask become dislodged for any appreciable amount of time he should return to fresh air to avoid the problems associated with the exposure to noxious atmospheres.
Once again it would appear that no other moves were made to provide a more detailed procedure for the operational use of BA.
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