Abstract

This Uganda Standard provides brief guidance to assist persons responsible for establishing and implementing a programme for respiratory protective devices (RPD) that meet the performance requirements. There are special applications where the selection of suitable RPD using this guide is not appropriate. These are: a) fire fighting - structural and wild land firefighting, hazardous materials and rescue applications b) CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear agents) c) marine - shipboard or off-shore firefighting or hazardous materials applications d) mining - underground mining or firefighting and rescue applications and e) escape - general, fire, CBRN, marine and mining. This standard was PUBLISHED on 2017-12-12