Gas mask is a necessary thing in the field. And at home (God forbid, of course) a fire can happen. In order not to suffocate, you will have to put on a gas mask and run away from the room. The whole problem is not how to put on a gas mask, but how to put it on quickly. We won’t be able to teach you with words of practice, but the theory is worth telling.
Instruction manual
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To know which gas mask you will fit, you need to know some parameters, namely, horizontal and vertical girth of the head. Horizontal girth is measured in a closed line, which runs in front along the superciliary arches, on the side just above (2-3 cm) the auricle and behind on the most protruding part of the head. And the vertical girth can be determined by measuring the length of the vertical line passing through the chin, cheeks and crown. The measurements should be rounded so that the last digit is 0 or 5.
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Now add up both results and see what size of the gas mask you need: - Less than 1190 mm - the first size;
- From 1190 to 1210 mm - the second size;
- From 1215 to 1235 mm - the third size;
- From 1240 to 1260 mm - the fourth size;
- From 1265 to 1285 mm - the fifth size;
- From 1290 to 1310 mm - the sixth size.
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And now about how to put on a gas mask: put your head in this saving “rubber bag with a filter” either after the “Chemical alarm” signal by the “Gaza” command, or on your own initiative.
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First, tighten your eyes tightly so that they are not corroded by pungent smoke (you never know what happened), then remove the headgear, remove the gas mask from the special bag and grab the helmet mask by its lower part so that the thumbs are outside, and the rest were inside.
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Next, you need to attach the bottom of the helmet-mask under the chin and pull it on your head with a sharp movement of your hands up. You will need to practice so that there are no wrinkles left after pulling on the gas mask. Now you can take a full breath, open your eyes and resume breathing.
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Given that the operations described above, you have to carry out blindly, you need to train for a long time. Although it all depends on the person and his degree of learning. Having a good practice, you can even get closer to the army standards for wearing a gas mask: about 7-10 seconds.
