Honeywell NFPA 1951, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1992, NFPA 1999 User's Information Manual
NFPA 1951, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1992 and
NFPA 1999 GARMENTS
User Information Guide
Protective Garments for:
• Technical Rescue Incidents (NFPA 1951)
• Wildland Fire Fighting (NFPA 1977)
• Liquid Splash Protection During Hazardous
Materials Emergencies (NFPA 1992)
• Emergency Medical Operations (NFPA 1999)
ONLY THE END USER SHALL REMOVE THIS INFORMATION PRIOR
TO USING THESE GARMENTS
DANGER
YOU MAY DIE OR SUSTAIN SERIOUS INJURY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SPECIAL TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE TO
CORRECTLY USE YOUR GARMENT AND/OR HAVE NOT READ THIS USER GUIDE. IF YOU WERE NOT GIVEN A
COMPLETE GUIDE OR LOSE YOUR USER GUIDE, ALERT YOUR ORGANIZATION OR CONTACT HONEYWELL
FOR A REPLACEMENT.
• DO NOT USE YOUR PROTECTIVE GARMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS GUIDE AND THE
LABEL ON YOUR GARMENT, AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED AND SUPERVISED IN ITS USE.
• THIS GARMENT AND ANY OTHER GARMENT WILL NOT PROTECT YOU DURING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
FROM ALL HAZARDS UNDER ALL CONDITIONS.
• THIS GARMENT MUST BE WORN AS PART OF A COMPLETE PROTECTIVE ENSEMBLE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF YOUR DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THIS GARMENT FOR ITS INTENDED USE AND
WHEN THIS GARMENT MUST BE WORN TOGETHER WITH OTHER ENSEMBLE ELEMENTS, AND TO ENSURE
THAT THE SELECTED ENSEMBLE ELEMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE INTENDED PROTECTION.
• YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOUR GARMENT PROPERLY FITS AND IS PROPERLY WORN FO EFFECTIVE
PROTECTION.
• YOU MUST PROPERLY INSPECT, CARE FOR, AND MAINTAIN THIS GARMENT WITH THIS GUIDE IN ORDER FOR
THE GARMENT TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE PROTECTION.
User Information Guide – Protective Garments for NFPA 1951, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1992 and NFPA 1999
Introduction
This guide addresses Honeywell
garments for both utility and rescue and
recovery technical rescue incidents
(NFPA 1951), wildland fire fighting
(NFPA 1977), liquid splash protection
during hazardous materials emergencies (NFPA 1992), and emergency
medical operations (NFPA 1999). It is
important to check the label to determine the type of emergency operations
and standards to which your garment
has been certified. Where there are
differences related to selection, care,
and maintenance of the different types
of garments, this information is highlighted.
Your protective garment is intended to
provide limited protection to your torso,
arms, and legs as part of a properly
selected and configured protective
ensemble during technical rescue
operations, wildland fire fighting, liquid
splashes during hazardous materials
emergencies, or emergency medical
operations, as indicated on the garment
product label. While your protective
garment is designed to provide protection against a number of fireground
and/or other emergency operations
hazards, your
not protect you against all exposures
and under all conditions, even when
worn properly.
This user information guide provides
information and instructions related to
the selection, use, care, and maintenance of your protective garment. However, this guide does not tell you when
and under what circumstances you
should wear your protective garment.
Rather, this guide tells you how to wear
your protective garment and provides
an understanding of the limitations of
your garment and how this garment
may or may not protect you. Determining the suitability of your protective garment for specific emergency operations
rests with your department or employer,
who has the legal responsibility to
conduct a hazard assessment and
decide if your protective garment
provides appropriate protection against
identified hazards.
protective garment will
While this guide provides you basic
information to adequately care for
and maintain your protective garment,
there are certain additional procedures – such as advanced inspection,
advanced cleaning, decontamination,
special incident procedures, and
retirement – that should be performed
only by trained and qualified personnel. Information and instructions or
these additional procedures are provided on our website. Go to
www.HoneywellFirstResponderServices.com.
Pre-use Information
General Construction and Features –
Your protective garment has been manufactured to comply with one or more of
the following standards:
NFPA 1951 Standard on Protective
Ensembles for Technical Rescue
Incidents
NFPA 1977 Standard on Protective
Clothing and Equipment for Wildland
Fire Fighting
NFPA 1992 Standard on Liquid Splash-
Protective Ensembles and Clothing
for Hazardous Materials Emergencies
NFPA 1999 Standard on Protective
Clothing for Emergency Medical
Operations
Garments are provided either as sets of
coats and pants or as full-body covealls.
These garments may be constructed
of one or more layers, and one of the
layers may be intended to provide a
barrier against liquids. Each type of
garment may include different features
and options such as different types of
closure systems, reinforcements
(elbows, knees, cuff edges), attached
or detachable hoods, pockets, high
visibility materials, side take-up straps,
drag rescue devices, and different
types of suspenders. Specific information about the materials and features of
available garments is provided on the
Honeywell website at www.HoneywellFirstResponder.com.
Safety Considerations and
Limitations of Use – It is critically
important that you do not use this
protective garment until you have read
and understood this entire guide and
the labels provided on your protective
garment. In order to reduce – but not
eliminate – your risks, do not wear this
protective garment unless:
• You Understand All Labels, This
Guide, and Applicable Standards:
You have read, fully understood, and
strictly followed this guide and all
labels for this garment, the applicable
NFPA standard, and applicable
national, state/provincial, and local
regulations pertinent to emergency
operations.
• Your Use Is in Accordance with
Applicable Standards and Regulations: Your use of this protective
garment is consistent with NFPA1500
Standard on Fire Department
Occupational Safety and Health
Program; with Title 29, Code of
Federal Regulations Part 1910.132
and General Requirements of Subpart
I, “Personal Protective Equipment”;
with Part 1910.1030, “Blood-Borne
Pathogens”; and with any specific
regulations that pertain to your local
area.
• Need for Hazard/Risk Assessment:
Your department, organization, or
employer has conducted a hazard/
risk assessment and determined that
this garment provides an acceptable
level of protection for the particular
emergency operations consistent with
applicable national, state/provincial,
and local regulations.
• Your Garment Fits Properly: Your
garment must be appropriately sized
to provide an adequate range of
motion and must permit you to
complete required tasks without
overexertion.
• Limitations of Protection: You have
been trained and understand that not
all garments provide protection from
all hazards, and you have been
trained and understand how to select
and properly use the appropriate
garment to meet the expected
exposure.
• Heat Stress: Wearing your protective
garment together with other ensemble
elements may increase your risk of
heat stress, which may cause heart
User Information Guide – Protective Garments for NFPA 1951, NFPA 1977, NFPA 1992 and NFPA 1999
attack, stroke, dehydration, or other
health-related conditions. At the first
sign of heat stress, immediately seek
medical help.
• Burn Injury: If designed for thermal
protection, your protective garment
will not protect you from all burns and
injuries. If your protective garment is
exposed to radiant, convective, or
conductive heat, or comes in contact
with a hot environment or hot object,
you may be burned underneath the
protective garment with no warning
and no sign of damage to the protective garment. If your protective
garment is not flame resistant, do not
wear your garment in any environment
where you expect to be exposed to
flame, high heat, or any other thermal
hazard.
• Heat Sensation: Your protective
garment will lower your ability to feel
heat. Do not be misled by the
absence of heat or discomfort
underneath your protective garment.
Even though you do not feel heat or
discomfort, you can be burned or
injured suddenly and without warning.
If you feel heat or some slight discomfort or unusual sensation under your
protective garment, you may already
have been burned or are about to be
burned. Be constantly alert to the
possibility of exposure to heat and
other hazards.
• Barrier Protection: If your protective
garment has a barrier, it will provide
only limited liquid integrity and only
when worn correctly and in combination with other suitably chosen
ensemble elements. Water and other
liquids may still enter through the top,
bottom, or closures of your protective
garment and may expose you to
liquid contaminants. The moisture barrier
has not been evaluated for all chemicals that can be encountered during
fire-fighting operations and information that the effects of chemical exposure on the moisture barrier are to be
evaluated per the inspection procedures in NFPA 1855. Your protective
garment may not protect you from all
chemical, radiological, or biological
hazards which can cause death,
injuries, diseases, and/or illnesses.
Furthermore, this garment does not
offer any protection from hazardous
vapors or gases, liquefied gases, or
cryogenic liquids. Ensure that you
have proper interfaces between your
protective garment and the other
elements in your ensemble such as
helmets, hoods, respirator facepieces,
gloves (with protective coats), and
footwear (with protective pants). There
must also be sufficient overlap
between your protective coat and
pants (see Adjustment for Fit and
Interface Issues under Wearing
Instructions).
• Other Hazards: Your protective
garment – wet or dry – may not
protect you from electrical shock.
Your protective garment will not
protect you from all physical hazards.
Your protective garment may be
penetrated, cut, or torn by sharp
surfaces or objects. Your garment
may also wear through when in
repeated or prolonged contact with
rough surfaces. Your garment will not
offer any protection against ballistic
hazards or objects propelled at high
velocities. Your garment will hinder
your movement and may not allow
you full motion to perform all required
fireground functions. The bulk of your
garment together with other ensemble
elements may not permit you to
negotiate confined spaces or narrow
passages without difficulty. If you fall
into open water, your garment may
prevent you from being able to swim.
If you are operating in areas of
vehicular traffic or moving machinery,
your garment may not offer sufficient
visibility to be seen, and you may be
struck by moving vehicles or equipment. You must be constantly vigilant
of the hazards to which you may be
exposed and your garment limitations
in protecting against these hazards.
Do not use your protective garment if
it is contaminated, cut, torn, punctured, worn, abraded, or altered from
its original condition.
• Need for Complete Ensemble:
This garment is effective only when
properly worn, accounting for a proper
interface with the other elements of
your protective ensemble. A complete
ensemble for most emergency operations includes, as a minimum, protective garments, a protective helmet,
protective gloves, protective footwear,
respirator, and other personal protective equipment that has been certified
to the appropriate standard. Ensembles may also include hoods, eye and
face protection, and other items
needed to provide complete
protection.
• Recommended Undergarments:
If you are involved in any operations
where the potential exists for flame
or high heat exposure, wear only
garments that are constructed of
100% natural fibers underneath your
protective garment.
• Proper Care and Maintenance: This
garment must be properly inspected,
maintained, and cared for by you and
your department, organization, or
employer consistent with these
instructions and the applicable
national, state/provincial, and local
regulations. Your garment must be
free of soiling, contamination,
damage, and any alteration that
would compromise the protection it
provides in its original condition.
Damage and contamination of this
garment may warrant its disposal.
• Shelf Life: Your garment has a shelf
life of 10 years if unused and properly
maintained over that period.
• Warranty: This garment is NOT
warranted to be fit for a particular
purpose. Read carefully the warranty
at the end of this guide. If labels in the
garment are missing or become
unreadable, contact Honeywell for
instructions on obtaining a copy of the
label information.
Marking Recommendations – Do not
attempt to alter or modify your garment.
For identification purposes, you may
mark your protective garment on the
interior using an indelible marker, if
permitted by your department or
organization. Do not write over or
obscure information on the product
label.
Testing and Assessment of Performance – Your protective garment and the
materials and components used in its
construction have been evaluated for a
number of performance properties that
are based on the requirements of the
specific NFPA standard(s) for its certification. These properties may include,
but are not limited to, flame and heat
protective performance, barrier properties, various physical properties, clean-
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