User's Manual

INTRODUCTION
For more information on the air mask use and perfor-
m
ance standards, please consult the following publica-
tions:
NFPA Standard 1500, Fire Department Occupational
Safety and Health Programs (Chapter 5) and NFPA 1981
Standard, on Open-Circuit SCBA’s for Fire Service. Above
publications are available from the following: National Fire
P
rotection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
22269.
ANSI Standard Z88.5, Practices for Respiratory Protection
for the Fire Service; and, ANSI Standard Z88.2, Practices
for Respiratory Protection. American National Standards
Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018.
OSHA Safety and Health Standards (29 CFR 1910) (see
specifically Part 1910. 134), available from the
Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402. Compressed Gas
Association, Inc., 1725 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Suite 1004,
Arlington, VA 22202.
Note: The FireHawk M7 HUD, FireHawk M7 Control
Module, and FireHawk M7 Power Module have been test-
ed and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi-
tal device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency and, if not installed in accordance with instruc-
tions, may cause harmful interference to radio communi-
cations. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter-
ference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
• Increase the separation between the equipment and
the receiver
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif-
ferent from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV techni-
cian for help.
The FireHawk M7 HUD, FireHawk M7 Control Module,
and FireHawk M7 Power Module contain electrical
parts which have not been evaluated as an ignition
source in flammable or explosive atmospheres by
MSHA/NIOSH.
1. Read and follow all NIOSH and other approval limi-
tations.
2. DO NOT use the carrier and harness assembly as a
vertical raising or lowering device.
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. DO NOT use the air mask as an underwater device.
4. This system must be supplied with respirable
[Quality Verification Level (Grade) D, see ANSI/CGA
G-7.1-1989] or higher quality air; and a dew point
not to exceed -65°F (24ppm v/v) [Compressed Gas
Association Specification G-7.1 for Quality
Verification Level (Grade) D Gaseous Air]. In fire
service applications, MSA recommends breathing
air quality in accordance with NFPA 1989.
5. This device may not seal properly with your face if
you have a beard, gross sideburns or similar physi-
cal characteristics (see NFPA-1500 and ANSI
Z88.2). An improper facial seal may allow contami-
nants to leak into the facepiece, reducing or elimi-
nating respiratory protection. Do not use this
device if such conditions exist. The face-to-face-
piece seal must be tested before each use. Never
remove the facepiece except in a safe, non-haz-
ardous, non-toxic atmosphere.
6. Return to a safe atmosphere immediately if discol-
oration, crazing, blistering, cracking, or other dete-
rioration of the facepiece lens material is
observed.
7. Users must wear suitable protective clothing and
precautions must be taken so that the air mask is
not exposed to atmospheres that may be harmful
to it.
8. Take into account the following factors which may
affect the duration or the service life.
a. the degree of physical activity of the user;
b. the physical condition of the user;
c. the degree that the user’s breathing rate is
increased by excitement, fear, or other emotional
factors;
d. the degree of training or experience which the
user has had with this or similar equipment;
e. whether or not the cylinder is fully charged;
f. the presence in the compressed air of carbon
dioxide concentrations greater than the .04%
level normally found in atmospheric air;
g. the atmospheric pressure; if used in a pressur-
ized tunnel or caisson at 2 atmospheres (15 psi
gauge) the duration will be one-half as long as
when used at 1 atmosphere; at 3 atmospheres
the duration will be one-third as long; the service
life of the air mask is based on 1 atmosphere of
pressure.
h. the condition of the air mask.
Failure to follow this warning can result in serious per-
sonal injury or death.
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