🔥 SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA) • A Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus permits firefighters to operate safely in atmospheres that cannot support life, including: – Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) conditions – Oxygen-deficient atmospheres (below 19.5% O₂) – Smoke-filled, toxic, superheated, or contaminated air • SCBA is also used when the air is unsafe, irritating, or uncomfortable (heat, smoke, particulates, off-gassing chemicals). ⸻ Composition of SCBA Air Compresse

75K views · 1.6K reactions | Take a look at firefighters as they exit a home at a recent house fire. The firefighters are wearing self-contained breathing apparatus or SCBA. An SCBA is simply what gives us air so we can breathe in a hazardous condition like a fire. BTW, do you know who is in charge of the corn fritters? The kernel... #NationalCornFritterDay Video caption is auto-generated. | City of Olathe Fire Department | Facebook