Report Number: 05-0000066
Report Date: 05/27/2005
Event Description
While extinuishing an attic fire I suddenly ran out of air in my SCBA. I had to remove my SCBA facepiece in a heavy smoke environment and quickly move to the attic opening and dive head first through the opening. My fall was broken by a firefighter at the foot of the attic ladder. I immediately left the second floor of the residential dwelling and went to the outside to get fresh air and then oxygen from the engine parked in front of the house.
Lesson Learned
After the incident we determined that the nipple o-ring from the (SCBA) high-pressure regulator hose to the air cylinder was loose. This caused me to lose my air supply until my facepiece suddenly sucked to my face because I was out of air.
From this incident I learned to always check the nipple o-ring and make sure that it is tight.
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