Kevin Hays Fire Consulting team members recently congregated at the main office in Sanford Florida for our semi-annual meeting. This meeting provides opportunities for continuing education in various facets of the fire and explosive investigation service, as well as peer review and planning.

To ensure proper protection for our investigative teams, KHFC has implemented a Respiratory Protection Program. Working in environments that have experienced fire or explosive changes creates a significant exposure risk to health damaging agents. For example, a typical structure fire may generate literally tens of thousands of toxic chemicals and gasses as a variety of materials and products are burned. 

The respiratory protection program creates standards for helping to minimize the exposures by providing appropriate respiratory filtration masks. Annual fit testing is required as part of the program, and ensures each individual is wearing equipment that appropriately seals around the wearers face. A proper seal is essential to the protection offered by the mask. Therefore, fit testing is a required safety measure necessary for the protection of our personnel.

The photo shows Kevin Hays undergoing fit testing in the KHFC lab by team mate Stephen Dollar in our lab.