ELSA
DASH/SPRINT
Compressed Air Escape Breathing Apparatus
User Instructions
Article No. 1034931
Issue G 01. 2007
ELSA Dash/Sprint
Compressed Air Escape Breathing Apparatus
Contents
WARNINGS ................................................................................................................................................... ii
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 BREATHABLE AIR.................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 APPARATUS SELECTION ..................................................................................................... 1
1.3 TRAINING................................................................................................................................ 1
1.4 SERVICING ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.5 SHELF LIFE............................................................................................................................. 1
1.6 USE IN EXPLOSIVE OR FLAMMABLE ATMOSPHERES......................................................2
1.7 TRANSPORTATION................................................................................................................ 2
2. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION.............................................................................................................. 2
2.1 GENERAL................................................................................................................................ 2
2.2 HOODS (DASH/SPRINT)........................................................................................................ 3
2.3 FACEMASKS (SPRINT).......................................................................................................... 3
2.4 REDUCER VALVE (DASH/SPRINT).......................................................................................4
2.5 DEMAND VALVE (SPRINT).................................................................................................... 4
2.6 CYLINDER VALVES (DASH/SPRINT).................................................................................... 4
2.7 STORAGE BAG....................................................................................................................... 5
2.8 QUALITY ATTRIBUTES.......................................................................................................... 5
3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE................................................................................................................ 5
3.1 INITIAL CHECKS..................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 DONNING................................................................................................................................5
3.3 HOOD (DASH/SPRINT) ..........................................................................................................6
3.4 FACEMASK (SPRINT) ............................................................................................................7
4. AFTER USE CLEANING AND TESTING .......................................................................................... 7
4.1 CLEANING HOODS (DASH/SPRINT) .................................................................................... 7
4.2 CLEANING FACEMASKS .......................................................................................................8
4.3 CHANGING CYLINDERS........................................................................................................8
4.4 BREATHING APPARATUS LOG ............................................................................................9
4.5 STOW APPARATUS...............................................................................................................9
4.6 WORKSHOP REPAIR AND ANNUAL SERVICING ............................................................. 10
5. SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE........................................................................................................ 10
5.1 GENERAL.............................................................................................................................. 10
5.2 DAILY CHECKS.....................................................................................................................10
5.3 MONTHLY CHECKS .............................................................................................................10
5.3.1 Check Apparatus .................................................................................................... 10
5.3.2 Upon Completion.................................................................................................... 11
Sabre Breathing Apparatus is a division of Scott Health and Safety Limited.
Registered Office: Scott Health and Safety Limited, Pimbo Road, West Pimbo,
Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9RA, United Kingdom.
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WARNINGS
Please Read Carefully and Fully Understand
This manual is for use by personnel trained in the use and care of compressed air escape
apparatus and MUST NOT be used as a self-teaching guide by untrained users.
Scott Health and Safety Limited have taken great care to ensure that the information in
this manual is accurate, complete and clear. However, Training and Technical Support
Services will be pleased to clarify any points in the manual and answer questions on
Sabre breathing apparatus.
If you need to use this apparatus you will be in an unusual, possibly life-threatening
situation. Poor visibility and toxic fumes may add to your difficulties.
Prepare for that situation:
• Learn the location of escape apparatus and how to gain access to it.
• Learn to use the escape apparatus, as detailed in these instructions.
• Be aware of the protection limits provided by ELSA apparatus. Exceeding
these limits may cost you your life or result in injury.
• Be fully aware of workplace hazards.
• Become familiar with planned escape routes.
If the situation arises:
• Remain calm and remember what you must do to survive.
• Don and activate the apparatus. Leave the hazard area immediately.
• Do not enter a hazard area unless it is part of the escape route.
• Ensure that clothing, hair, spectacle frames or other items that might prevent
a good seal being achieved, do not intrude into the facepiece seal.
General and Managerial:
• Check apparatus daily when issued to wearers or deployed in ready-use
lockers; or monthly if held in stores.
• ELSA Dash and Sprint are escape apparatus. DO NOT use for other purposes
such as fire fighting or cargo handling.
• Ensure wearers are fully trained in the use of the apparatus, advised of work
place hazards and planned escape routes.
• Ensure ELSA apparatus provide suitable respiratory protection for workplace
hazards and has duration for planned escape routes.
Refer to EN 529 : 2005 - Guide to implementing an effective respiratory protective
device programme.
DISCLAIMER
Failure to comply with these instructions or misuse of the apparatus may result in
death, injury or material damage, and invalidate any resulting warranty or insurance
claims.
COPYRIGHT
This manual must not be copied in part or in whole, or used for purposes other than its
intended purpose without the written permission of Scott Health and Safety Limited.
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ELSA DASH/SPRINT
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 BREATHABLE AIR
Air for compressed air breathing apparatus
may be natural or synthetic. A typical
composition of natural air (at atmospheric
pressure and room temperature) is shown
in Table 1.
Element Mass %
(Dry Air)
Oxygen 23.14 20.948
Nitrogen 75.52 78.08
Argon 1.29 0.93
Carbon Dioxide 0.05 0.031 4
Hydrogen 0.000 003 0.000 05
Neon 0.001 270 0.001 818
Helium 0.000 037 0.000 524
Krypton 0.000 330 0.000 114
Xenon 0.000 039 0.000 009
Table 1: Breathable Air
The quality of air used to supply and
charge breathing apparatus must conform
to EN 12021 : 1999 (Requirements for
Breathable Air).
Fire risk increases when the oxygen level
rises above the value shown in Table 1.
Contaminants must be kept to a minimum,
and must not exceed permissible
exposure levels.
Cylinder water content of air at
atmospheric pressure must not exceed 50
mg/m3 for 200 bar cylinders or 35 mg/m
for 300 bar cylinders.
National regulations for compressed air
breathing apparatus must be observed.
1.2 APPARATUS SELECTION
When selecting respiratory protective
equipment the following factors must be
considered:
• Hazards likely to be encountered
and their effect on the wearer.
• Physical and emotional stress and
their effect on wearer breathing rate.
• The type of respiratory protection
required.
Volume %
(Dry Air)
In general, constant flow escape breathing
apparatus is NOT suitable for use where:
• There are unknown hazards.
• There are no planned escape
routes.
• There are escape routes that require
physical exertion, e.g.: ladders,
tunnels and hatches.
1.3 TRAINING
These instructions cannot replace an
accredited training course run by fully
qualified instructors in the proper and safe
use of Sabre breathing apparatus.
Please contact Training and Technical
Support Services or your Sabre
distributor for training course details.
Training and Technical Support
Services:
Scott Health and Safety Limited
Pimbo Road, West Pimbo,
Skelmersdale, Lancashire,
WN8 9RA, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0) 1695 711711
Fax: +44 (0) 1695 711775
1.4 SERVICING
ELSA apparatus must be serviced by
personnel who have completed a formal
training course and hold a current
certificate for servicing and repairing
Sabre breathing apparatus. Details of the
servicing schedule are contained in the
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ELSA Dash and ELSA Sprint Service
Manuals, copies of which can only be
obtained by registered holders of a current
certificate.
Your Sabre distributor or Training and
Technical Support Services will be
pleased to provide training course details
and quotes for service contracts. Please
see previous page for contact details.
1.5 SHELF LIFE
Providing that ELSA apparatus is serviced
regularly as described in the ELSA Dash
and ELSA Sprint Service Manuals, there
are no shelf life limitations.
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1.6 USE IN EXPLOSIVE OR
FLAMMABLE
ATMOSPHERES
Anti-static versions of ELSA apparatus are
approved for use in explosive and
flammable atmospheres. Anti-static
apparatus is provided in a black bag.
Apparatus with a high-visibility orange bag
MUST NOT be used in explosive or
flammable atmospheres.
1.7 TRANSPORTATION
It is essential that ELSA Dash and ELSA
Sprint are transported in suitably
protective packaging.
Refer to the Health and Safety document:
Guide to the Pressure Systems and
Transportable Gas Container Regulations
1989. When breathing apparatus with
charged cylinders is transported by road,
the Road Traffic Regulations 1986,
although primarily intended to cover toxic,
flammable and corrosive gases, should be
observed.
After transportation, apparatus must be
checked to ensure that:
• The bag and contents gauge have
not been damaged.
• The anti-tamper tag is intact.
2. TECHNICAL
DESCRIPTION
2.1 GENERAL
ELSA Dash and ELSA Sprint are self-
contained, open circuit, compressed air,
short duration, positive-pressure, escape
breathing apparatus that may be stored
ready-for-use within a hazardous area or
carried by the wearer while in a hazardous
area.
Dash is a constant flow apparatus with a
flow rate of 38 litres per minute; that
consists of a compressed air cylinder with
a pressure reducing valve (reducer),
cylinder valve, and hood, contained in a
high-visibility bag, or black anti-static bag.
Sprint is similar to Dash, but has a twostage pressure reduction system that
consists of the reducer and a facepiecemounted demand valve. The Sprint
facepiece may be a hood or a full
facemask.
Both Dash and Sprint are available in ten
and fifteen minute versions, with a two litre
or three litre aluminium cylinder.
Pictogram user instructions and the
duration of the air supply are prominently
visible on the bag.
An anti-tamper tag, (that breaks easily
when the bag is opened), provides an
indication that the bag has been opened.
When the apparatus is first delivered, tags
are provided separately, with instructions
for fitting, permitting the contents of the
bag to be checked. Tags must then be
fitted prior to deploying the bag.
The quick-fire cord is attached to the bag
lid and wound around the cylinder valve
handwheel. When the lid is opened the
cord turns the cylinder valve handwheel
and air immediately flows into the hood.
If the valve does not open when the bag is
opened, the cylinder valve handwheel can
be used to open the valve.
The cylinder contents gauge is visible
though a transparent panel in the bag,
thereby permitting the cylinder charge
state to be checked without opening the
bag.
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