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National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 8-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.1.3 ]4.1.3All certification shall be performed by a certification organization that meets at least the requirementsspecified personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements specified in Section 4.2 , Certification Program,and that is accredited for personal protective equipment (PPE) PPE in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 65,General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems 17065, Conformity assessment —Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services . The accreditation shall be issued by anaccreditation body operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011, Conformity assessment — Generalrequirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Thu Mar 10 12:13:49 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee Statement: Updates document number to current document number and title.Response Message:Public Input No. 10-NFPA 1982-2015 [Section No. 4.1.3]8 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 3-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.1.7 ]4.1.7The certification organization shall not certify any PASS to the 2007 2013 edition of this standard on or after theNFPA effective date for the 2013 2018 edition, which is December 17, 2012 [insert date to be determined by theNFPA Standards Council] .Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Wed Mar 09 16:44:36 EST 2016Committee StatementCommitteeStatement:The Technical Committee is updating the PASS certification date and the document effectivedate.Response Message:9 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 2-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.1.8 ]4.1.8The certification organization shall not permit any manufacturer to label any PASS as compliant with the2007 2013 edition of this standard on or after August 31, 2013 2018 .Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Wed Mar 09 16:33:18 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee The Technical Committee is resolving this Public Input by updating the PASS labeling compliance date.Statement:Note: This public input originates from Tentative Interim Amendment No. 1982-13-1, Log 1112 issued by theStandards Councils on August 26, 2013 and per the NFPA Regulations, needs to be reconsidered by theTechnical Committee for the next edition of the Document.Submitter's Substantiation: This TIA is related to a similar TIA being submitted to NFPA 1981. The testingand certification of an integrated PASS device is directly related to the testing and certification of the SCBA.The submitters emphasize the importance of the two documents continuing to have the same compliancedates.The purpose of this TI A is to update on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)testing of CBRN SCBAs. Some unanticipated delays have the potential to negatively impact the timelinessof completion of NIOSH SCBA approvals. These delays could in turn impact approvals and certification ofSCBAs by the relevant certification organization (SEI) to the NFPA 1981 standard, 2013 edition. Thatstandard states in paragraph 4.1 .11 that "The certification organizations shall not permit any manufacturerto label any SCBA as compliant with the 2007 edition of this standard on or after 31 August 2013, exceptwhen replacement labels or replacement components that bear the certification organization's label arerequired." The presumption in the Technical Committee choosing t his date was that it would providesufficient time for manufacturers' new designs to have successfully completed the evaluations for thecertification authorities to be able to issue certifications for compliance to the NIOSH and NFPA standardsby that date.Emergency Nature: NIOSH testing to the Statement of Standard for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus(SCBA) with Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection used to Protect EmergencyResponders Against CBRN Agents in Terrorist Attacks in conjunction with the National Fi re ProtectionAssociation (NFPA) Standard 1981 for Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Fire Fighterscontain three interlocked activities. One is NIOSH certification under 42 CFR Part 84, Subpart H; two iscompliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1981 for Open-Circuit Self-ContainedBreathing Apparatus for Fire Fighters, current edition; and three is special tests under NIOSH 42 CFR84.63(c): Chemical Agent Permeation and Penetration Resistance Against Distilled Su lfur Mustard (HD)and Sarin (GB), performed by The U S Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Testing Centerand Laboratory Respirator Protection Level (LRPL), performed by NPPTL. To minimizethe total time for CBRN approvals, NIOSH and SE I have a simultaneous test and approval protocol.The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) has allocated its resources provide forthe completion of all 9 internally-conducted tests, evaluations and issuance of approvals for SCBA10 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.manufacturer applications submitted prior to I June 2013 by 1 September 2013. SEI has also allocatedresources to provide for completion of the NFPA 1981 compliance testing for apparatus received by thesame date.However, the availability of ECBC testing resources to complete the HD and GB testing has been negativelyimpacted by the Federal Government Budget Sequestration. Consequently, delays are anticipated.Representatives from NPPTL and ECBC are working closely to develop a projected testing schedule.A delay past the August 31 st date poses a significant impact on fire departments or first responderorganizations that planned 4th quarter of 2013 purchases or need an emergency purchase of compliantSCBA with integrated PASS. These organizations may not have access to the manufacturer of their currentinventory SCBA, posing the dilemma of purchasing another manufacturers product or foregoing purchaseuntil compliant product is available. Either of these approaches will impact firefighter safety, by requiringadditional training and creating a mixed inventory of SCBA with compromised interoperability of SCBA units.Departments may be faced with either an inadequate number of compliant SCBAs for operations or sendingresponders into a hazardous situation with safety equipment that is no longer compliant with NFPA 1981.Additionally, there is concern that without this compliance date extension, products compliant to the 2007edition of NFPA 1981 will no longer be availabl e after August 31, 2013.ResponseMessage:Public Input No. 92-NFPA 1982-2016 [Section No. 4.1.8]11 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 4-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.1.9 ]4.1.9The certification organization shall require manufacturers to remove all certification labels and product labelsindicating compliance with the 2007 2013 edition of this standard from all PASS that are under the control of themanufacturer on August 31, 2013 2018 . The certification organization shall verify this action is taken.Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Wed Mar 09 16:47:39 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee The Technical Committee is resolving this public input and updating the label removal date.Statement:Note: This public input originates from Tentative Interim Amendment No 1982-13-1, Log No. 1112 issued bythe Standards Council on August 26, 2013 and per the NFPA Regulations needs to be reconsidered by theTechnical Committee for the next edition of the Document.Submitter's Substantiation: This TIA is related to a similar TIA being submitted to NFPA 1981 . The testingand certification of an integrated PASS device is directly related to the testing and certification of the SCBA.The submitters emphasize the importance of the two documents continuing to have the same compliancedates.The purpose of this TIA is to update on the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)testing of CBRN SCBAs. Some unanticipated delays have the potential to negatively impact the timelinessof completion of NIOSH SCBA approvals. These delays could in turn impact approvals and certification ofSCBAs by the relevant certification organization (SEI) to the NFPA 1981 standard, 2013 edition. Thatstandard states in paragraph 4.1 .11 that "The certification organizations shall not permit any manufacturerto label any SCBA as compliant with the 2007 edition of this standard on or after 31 August 2013, exceptwhen replacement labels or replacement components that bear the certification organization's label arerequired." The presumption in the Technical Committee choosing this date was that it would providesufficient time for manufacturers' new designs to have successfully completed the evaluations for thecertification authorities to be able to issue certifications for compliance to the NIOSH and NFPA standardsby that date.Emergency Nature: NIOSH testing to the Statement of Standard for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus(SCBA) with Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Protection used to Protect EmergencyResponders Against CBRN Agents in Terrorist Attacks in conjunction with the National Fire ProtectionAssociation (NFPA) Standard 1981 for Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Fire Fighterscontain three interlocked activities. One is NIOSH certification under 42 CFR Part 84, Subpart H; two iscompliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1981 for Open-Circuit Self-ContainedBreathing Apparatus for Fire Fighters, current edition; and three is special tests under NIOSH 42 CFR84.63(c): Chemical Agent Permeation and Penetration Resistance Against Distilled Sulfur Mustard (HD) andSarin (GB), performed by The U S Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Testing Center andLaboratory Respirator Protection Level (LRPL), performed by NPPTL. To minimize the total time for CBRNapprovals, NIOSH and SEI have a simultaneous test and approval protocol.The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) has allocated its resources provide forthe completion of all 9 internally-conducted tests, evaluations and issuance of approvals for SCBA12 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.manufacturer applications submitted prior to I June 2013 by 1 September 2013. SEI has also allocatedresources to provide for completion of the NFPA 1981 compliance testing for apparatus received by thesame date.However, the availability of ECBC testing resources to complete the HD and GB testing has been negativelyimpacted by the Federal Government Budget Sequestration. Consequently, delays are anticipated.Representatives from NPPTL and ECBC are working closely to develop a projected testing schedule.A delay past the August 31st date poses a significant impact on fire departments or first responderorganizations that planned 4th quarter of 2013 purchases or need an emergency purchase of compliantSCBA with integrated PASS. These organizations may not have access to the manufacturer of their currentinventory SCBA, posing the dilemma of purchasing another manufacturers product or foregoing purchaseuntil compliant product is available. Either of these approaches will impact firefighter safety, by requiringadditional training and creating a mixed inventory of SCBA with compromised interoperability of SCBA units.Departments may be faced with either an inadequate number of compliant SCBAs for operations or sendingresponders into a hazardous situation with safety equipment that is no longer compliant with NFPA 1981.Additionally, there is concern that without this compliance date extension, products compliant to the 2007edition of NFPA 1981 will no longer be available after August 3 1, 2013.ResponseMessage:Public Input No. 93-NFPA 1982-2016 [Section No. 4.1.9]13 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 9-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.2.3 ]4.2.3The certification organization shall be accredited for PPE in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 65, Generalrequirements for bodies operating product certification systems 17065, Conformity assessment —Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services . The accreditation shall be issued by anaccreditation body operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011, Conformity assessment — Generalrequirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies.Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Thu Mar 10 12:20:37 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee Statement: Updates document number to current document number and title.Response Message:Public Input No. 11-NFPA 1982-2015 [Section No. 4.2.3]14 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 98-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.2.8.1 ]4.2.8.1The certification organization and the manufacturers manufacturer shall evaluate replacement parts,components, and software to determine any changes affecting the form, fit, or function for of PASS or RF PASSdevices certified to the 2007 edition of NFPA 1982 to permit revisions to the original certification earlier editionsof this standard to permit incorporation of replacement parts, components, or software, leading to certification ofdevices to this edition of the standard .Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Sat Mar 12 10:10:40 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee Statement: Allows PASS manufacturers to upgrade devices.This sets in place a process for upgrading previously certified devices to the new standard.Response Message:Public Input No. 101-NFPA 1982-2016 [Section No. 4.2.8.1]15 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 10-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.3.9.1 ]4.3.9.1The point-to-point RF attenuation test and RF interference test shall be performed with the RF PASS and thebase station connected together as described in Section 8.19 , Radio System Tests for RF PASS — Pointto-Point RF Attenuation Test, and Section 8.21 , Radio System Tests for RF PASS — RF Interference Test,respectively.Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Thu Mar 10 12:31:05 EST 2016Committee StatementCommittee Statement: The TC is deleting this paragraph because it duplicates what is already covered in Chapter 7.Response Message:16 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 11-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.3.9.2 ]4.3.9.2The loss-of-signal alarm test shall be performed with the RF PASS and the base station set up as described inSection 8.20 , Radio System Tests for Optional RF PASS — Loss-of-Signal Alarm Test.Submitter Information VerificationSubmitter Full Name: Dave TrebisacciOrganization:[ Not Specified ]Street Address:City:State:Zip:Submittal Date:Thu Mar 10 12:32:03 EST 2016Committee StatementCommitteeStatement:The TC is deleting this paragraph because it is duplicative of what is already covered in Chapter7.Response Message:17 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.First Revision No. 12-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Section No. 4.3.10 ]4.3.1018 of 1175/20/2016 3:00 PM

National Fire Protection Association entFetcher?commentPara.PASS shall be tested for initial certification to this edition of NFPA 1982 and shall meet the performancerequirements of the test series specified in the test matrix in Table 4.3.10(a) and Table 4.3.10(b) as applicable,for the type of PASS being certified.Table 4.3.10(a) Test Matrix for Stand-Alone PASS and Removable Integrated tivitystress —(Section 8.7), elevatedspecimens (8.3.5),4–6specimens7–91Soundpressure(Section 8.2),specimens1–32ElectronicAlarm signal Impacttemperaturemuffleaccelerationstress — low(Section 8.18), — ambient(8.3.6),specimens(Section 8.8),specimens1–3specimen s —— coldshock (8.3.7),(Section 8.8),specimensspecimen 57–93WaterCase integritydrainage(Section 8.6),(Section aVibration testvibrationfreque(Section 8.9),(Section 8.17), tentionCorrosionsystem(Section 8.4),(Section ntRFattenuationtest(Section 8.19),specimens19–21HighProduct labeltemperaturedurabilityfunctionality(Section 8.16),(Section alalarm test(Section 8.20),specimens19–21RFinterferencetest(Section 8.21),specimens19–21ImpactProduct labelacceleration durability— elevated (Section 8.16),(Section 8.8), specimensspecimen 6 7–94Heat/flametest 1(8.13.5.8),specimen 15Heat/flametest 2(8.13.5.9),specimen 2Heat andimmersionleakage(Section 8.5),specimens7–9RF MultipathTest (Section8.22)specimens19–216Heat/flametest 3(8.13.5.10),specimen 3Product labeldurability(Section 8.16),specimens7–9RF Multi-hopTest (Section8.23)specimens19–21Table 4.3.10(b) Test Matrix for

First Revision No. 5-NFPA 1982-2016 [ Chapter 2 ] Chapter 2Referenced Publications 2.1General. . ANSI Y14.SM, Dimensioning and Tolerancing, 1982. 2.3.2 ASME Publications. American Society of Mechan