Firefighting: intensive training and improvement in air consumption in self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
Combate a incendio: el entrenamiento intensivo y la mejoría en el consumo de aire en equipo de protección respiratoria
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Firefighting, Self-contained breathing apparatus, Intensive training, Air consumptionResumo
This article presents a research done with Military Firemen who have passed through a three-week intensive firefighting training. Developed by the authors, it was applied an air consumption measurement protocol during the use of the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), fundamental firefighting equipment, before and after that period. It was noticed that the air comsuption was considerably improved with the intensive training program, for the three different types of effort (light, medium and high) that was established.
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