Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
To Protect Emergency Responders Against CBRN Agents
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), along with the U.S. Army Soldier Biological and Chemical Command (SBCCOM), and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) are continuing their efforts to develop appropriate standards and test procedures for all classes of respirators that will provide respiratory protection from Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) agents inhalation hazards. A standards development effort has been initiated for the development of a CBRN standard for Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
Public Comments regarding requirements for consideration in the Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Concept Development should be provided to the NIOSH Docket Office:
NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, M/S C34
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
Telephone 513-533-8303
Fax 513-533-8285
Email: niocindocket@cdc.gov
Concept Papers
Links to concept papers will be posted on this page so interested stakeholders can follow the progress of the standards development efforts.
- Concept Standard for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN), Full Facepiece, Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) - November 4, 2005
- Concept
for CBRN
Full Facepiece, Closed-Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
(SCBA) - June 20, 2005 (Reference Docket 039)
- Concept for CBRN Full Facepiece, Closed Circuit, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) - October 30, 2004