MEANS OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PROTECTION
Ministry of Emergency Situations informs
The means of respiratory protection include: gas masks (filtering and isolating); respirators; dust masks made of fabric; cotton-gauze bandages.
The means of skin protection include: protective suits; overalls and suits made of special rubberized fabric; capes; rubber boots and gloves.
According to the principle of protection, individual protective means are divided into: filtering and isolating.
According to the method of production, individual protective means are divided into: those produced by industry and simple means made by the population from improvised materials.
The most reliable means of respiratory protection is the gas mask, which is designed to protect the respiratory organs, face, eyes, and sometimes the scalp from harmful impurities, as well as pathogenic microbes and toxins. All gas masks are classified by their principle of operation into filtering and isolating. A person wearing a filtering gas mask breathes pre-purified air, while a person wearing an isolating gas mask breathes a mixture of oxygen from a cylinder and exhaled air after it has been purified of moisture and carbon dioxide.
Respirators are lightweight means of protecting the respiratory organs from harmful gases, vapors, aerosols, and dust.
Dust masks protect the respiratory organs from aerosols of various types, gas masks protect against harmful vapors and gases, and gas-dust protective means protect against gases, vapors, and aerosols.
Simple means of respiratory protection. When there is neither a gas mask nor a respirator, one can use simple means — a cotton-gauze bandage and a dust mask (PTM). They protect the respiratory organs of a person (and the PTM protects the skin of the face and eyes) from radioactive dust, harmful aerosols, and bacterial agents.
By their purpose, means of skin protection are divided into: special (standard) and improvised. Special means of skin protection are intended to protect personnel during rescue and emergency recovery operations in areas of nuclear, chemical, and biological contamination (destruction, accidents, and disasters).
By the principle of protective action, they can be: isolating (air-tight) and filtering (air-permeable).
Structurally, these means of protection are usually made in the form of jackets with hoods, overalls, and coveralls.
Simple means of skin protection (improvised means) primarily consist of work clothing: jackets, trousers, overalls, gowns with hoods, mostly sewn from canvas, fireproof or rubberized fabric, and coarse wool. Canvas products, for example, protect against liquid hazardous substances in winter for up to 1 hour and in summer for up to 30 minutes.
Among household clothing items, the most suitable for this purpose are raincoats and capes made of rubberized fabric or fabric coated with chlorvinyl film, in combination with a cotton-gauze bandage or PTM. Winter clothing items such as coats made of coarse wool or drape, padded jackets, sheepskin coats, and leather coats can also provide protection. These items can protect for up to 2 hours.
For foot protection, it is best to use rubber boots for industrial or household use, rubber shoes, and galoshes. On the hands, one should wear rubber or leather gloves, and mittens made of canvas are also acceptable. On the head, tie a scarf or wear a ushanka hat.
To enhance the protective properties of clothing against vapors and aerosols of hazardous substances, it should be treated with a special solution. Only clothing made of fabric materials can be treated. For treating one set of clothing, 2.5 liters of solution is sufficient. The treating solution can be prepared based on detergents used for washing laundry.
Simple means of skin protection include ordinary clothing, rubber footwear, gloves, mittens, and hoods.
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06.09.2022
Individual protective means are intended to protect people from the penetration of radioactive and toxic substances, as well as bacterial agents into the body, onto the skin, and clothing.The means of respiratory protection include: gas masks (filtering and isolating); respirators; dust masks made of fabric; cotton-gauze bandages.
The means of skin protection include: protective suits; overalls and suits made of special rubberized fabric; capes; rubber boots and gloves.
According to the principle of protection, individual protective means are divided into: filtering and isolating.
According to the method of production, individual protective means are divided into: those produced by industry and simple means made by the population from improvised materials.
The most reliable means of respiratory protection is the gas mask, which is designed to protect the respiratory organs, face, eyes, and sometimes the scalp from harmful impurities, as well as pathogenic microbes and toxins. All gas masks are classified by their principle of operation into filtering and isolating. A person wearing a filtering gas mask breathes pre-purified air, while a person wearing an isolating gas mask breathes a mixture of oxygen from a cylinder and exhaled air after it has been purified of moisture and carbon dioxide.
Respirators are lightweight means of protecting the respiratory organs from harmful gases, vapors, aerosols, and dust.
Dust masks protect the respiratory organs from aerosols of various types, gas masks protect against harmful vapors and gases, and gas-dust protective means protect against gases, vapors, and aerosols.
Simple means of respiratory protection. When there is neither a gas mask nor a respirator, one can use simple means — a cotton-gauze bandage and a dust mask (PTM). They protect the respiratory organs of a person (and the PTM protects the skin of the face and eyes) from radioactive dust, harmful aerosols, and bacterial agents.
By their purpose, means of skin protection are divided into: special (standard) and improvised. Special means of skin protection are intended to protect personnel during rescue and emergency recovery operations in areas of nuclear, chemical, and biological contamination (destruction, accidents, and disasters).
By the principle of protective action, they can be: isolating (air-tight) and filtering (air-permeable).
Structurally, these means of protection are usually made in the form of jackets with hoods, overalls, and coveralls.
Simple means of skin protection (improvised means) primarily consist of work clothing: jackets, trousers, overalls, gowns with hoods, mostly sewn from canvas, fireproof or rubberized fabric, and coarse wool. Canvas products, for example, protect against liquid hazardous substances in winter for up to 1 hour and in summer for up to 30 minutes.
Among household clothing items, the most suitable for this purpose are raincoats and capes made of rubberized fabric or fabric coated with chlorvinyl film, in combination with a cotton-gauze bandage or PTM. Winter clothing items such as coats made of coarse wool or drape, padded jackets, sheepskin coats, and leather coats can also provide protection. These items can protect for up to 2 hours.
For foot protection, it is best to use rubber boots for industrial or household use, rubber shoes, and galoshes. On the hands, one should wear rubber or leather gloves, and mittens made of canvas are also acceptable. On the head, tie a scarf or wear a ushanka hat.
To enhance the protective properties of clothing against vapors and aerosols of hazardous substances, it should be treated with a special solution. Only clothing made of fabric materials can be treated. For treating one set of clothing, 2.5 liters of solution is sufficient. The treating solution can be prepared based on detergents used for washing laundry.
Simple means of skin protection include ordinary clothing, rubber footwear, gloves, mittens, and hoods.
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