Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

What Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is appropriate for a damage assessment?

Below is a partial list of protective measures that each responder should have access to in order to reduce their hazard exposure and to lower their overall risk.

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  • Respiratory Protection (N95 dust mask will not filter out toxins or oxygen deficient environments)
  • Eye Protection
  • Hard Hat
  • Hearing Protection
  • Proactive Light Source
  • Hand protection (fluid barrier, abrasion barrier, etc.)

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  • Communication device
  • Hot Stick (detects electrical current)
  • Personal Flotation Device (PFD)
  • Air Meter (detects air quality)
  • Other?
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Power Tip

It is important to remember that just having the PPE is not the same as using it appropriately.  


A hard hat in your backpack when a piece of debris falls on your head offers the same protection as not having a hard hat at all!

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