This standard establishes criteria for a safe supply of breathing air to protect fire and emergency services personnel during confined space, fire fighting, rescue, hazardous materials incidents, CBRN terrorism incidents, and other types of operations where respiratory hazards can or do exist.
Please note: This Standard is no longer accepting Public Input due to the Emergency Response and Responder Safety Document Consolidation Plan (consolidation plan) as approved by the NFPA Standards Council. As part of the consolidation plan, this Standard is slipping cycle and being combined into a new consolidated draft. Once the new draft is available and open for Public Input, this notice will be updated with a link to the applicable document information page.