THE POINT OF NO RETURN

摘要

The rule of air management is simple: know how much air you have in your SCBA and manage the amount of air you have so that you leave the hazardous environment before your SCBA low-air warning bell begins to ring. This rule holds true for any fire building or hazardous atmosphere. Firefighters should follow it at all times: at bread-and-butter room fires, at house fires, at the large apartment house fire, at the large commercial fire, at the confined-space rescue—at any incident where firefighters use their SCBAs. This article discusses how the Point of No Return relates to the Rule of Air Management.