Respirators: Protection from Hazardous Airborne Threats | [Your Brand/Site Name]

Respirators are used to protect the wearer from breathing dangerous gases, dusts, chemicals, toxins, biological hazards or airborne diseases.

Emergency Respirator

• An emergency respirator is used for evacuation or rescue in situations involving respiratory hazards. They are generally intended for short-time use of approximately 15 to 30 minutes.

Air-Purifying Respirators

• This respirator allows air to pass through an air-purifying filter that removes any harmful contaminants. It purifies environmental oxygen, but does not have an independent oxygen supply.

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

• This is the type of respirator used by fire fighters. It has a limited air supply that is generated from a tank worn on the back and attached to a face mask.

Atmosphere-Supplying Respirator

• This type of respirator is used in situations where oxygen levels are low or to prevent exposure to toxic vapors.

Particulate Respirators

• Health care workers wear particulate respirators to protect against airborne pathogens by filtering particles out of the air they are breathing.