Establishment of a cleaning procedure for proximity Personal Protective Equipment, for the aeronautical firefighters of Quito

Abstract

The personal protective equipment, EPP, the proximity for aeronautical firefighters is refers to the clothing and tools specifically designed to protect firefighters aeronautical, who intervene in emergency situations at airports or during incidents involving aircraft. This, EPP. It is equipment, designed to withstand extreme conditions, such as high temperatures, thermal radiation, and the important exposure to chemicals and fuels. The appropriate procedure was carried out according to the needs, facilities and improvements for the cleaning of the, EPP, the proximity with the purpose of meticulously improving the effectiveness, safety, care and correct handling so that they have greater durability, comfort and can be suitable to the resist fire and fulfill the function of these suits which is to the protect the lives of aeronautical firefighters. The present study is the important for was carried out with the objective of providing information that supports the cleaning criteria as part of the best practices recommended by world organizations such as the NFPA standards, providing relevant information on cleaning and decontamination of proximity protection equipment. For this purpose, information was collected from journals and bibliographic sources in order to have a greater contribution to the study. The variables that were analyzed are the procedure for cleaning personal protective equipment, EPP, and decontamination of personal protective equipment for approach. These variables were studied under a critical reading that suggests a high degree of interpretation of the text. In conclusion, the development of the procedure was completed so that it can be socialized and executed