NFPA standard for Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)

NFPA standard for Personal Alert Safety System (PASS)

• A. NFPA 1982
• B. NFPA 1987
• C. NFPA 1984
• D. NFPA 1991

Answer: (A)

Personal Alert Safety System devices are safety tools that continuously monitor a firefighter and alert others if the wearer stops moving, helping rescuers locate someone in trouble. The standard that governs these PASS devices is the one specifically titled for them, NFPA 1982. That standard defines how PASS devices should perform, how they are tested, what alarms and power requirements they must have, and how they’re maintained, so that PASS units work reliably when lives are on the line and can be integrated with the rest of the firefighter’s equipment. The other standards listed cover different kinds of gear or aspects of firefighting equipment, not PASS devices, so they don’t apply to the question of which standard governs PASS.

Personal Alert Safety System devices are safety tools that continuously monitor a firefighter and alert others if the wearer stops moving, helping rescuers locate someone in trouble. The standard that governs these PASS devices is the one specifically titled for them, NFPA 1982. That standard defines how PASS devices should perform, how they are tested, what alarms and power requirements they must have, and how they’re maintained, so that PASS units work reliably when lives are on the line and can be integrated with the rest of the firefighter’s equipment.

The other standards listed cover different kinds of gear or aspects of firefighting equipment, not PASS devices, so they don’t apply to the question of which standard governs PASS.