Sperian WARRIOR User manual

WARRIOR™
CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL,
AND NUCLEAR (CBRN)
SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS (SCBA)
30 MINUTE LP CBRN SERIES
30/45/60 MINUTE HP CBRN SERIES
OPERATION MANUAL
DO NOT USE this SCBA until you completely rea an un erstan this instruction manual. You
are require to inspect your SCBA prior to putting it into fiel service. Please refer to the
inspection proce ures in this manual. DO NOT USE this SCBA unless you are properly traine
an this SCBA has been properly maintaine . Failure to comply with this warning may lea
to personal injury, illness, or eath.
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3001 South Susan St.
Santa Ana, CA 92704
TOLL FREE: 888.APR.SCBA
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I - Contains electrical parts that may be an ignition source in flammable or explosive atmospheres.
J - Failure to properly use and maintain this product could result in injury or death.
M- All approved respirators shall be selected, fitted, used, and maintained in accordance with MSHA,
OSHA, and other applicable regulations.
N - Never substitute, modify, add, or omit parts. Use only exact replacement parts in the configuration
specified by the manufacturer.
O - Refer to user’s instructions, and/or maintenance manuals for information on use and maintenance of
these respirators.
S - Special or critical user’s instructions and/or specific use limitations apply. Refer to user’s instructions
before donning.
Q - Use in conjunction with personal protective ensembles that provide appropriate levels of protection
against dermal hazards.
R - Some CBRN agents may not present immediate effects from exposure, but can result in delayed
impairment, illness, or death.
T - Direct contact with CBRN agents requires proper handling of the SCBA after each use and between
multiple entries during the same use. Decontamination and disposal procedures must be followed.
If contaminated with liquid chemical warfare agents, dispose of the SCBA after decontamination.
U - The respirator should not be used beyond 6 hours after initial exposure to chemical warfare agents
to avoid possibility of agent permeation.
1. This respirator is approved for use above -25°F (-31.7°C). When using the 2420XX series
facepiece in temperatures of 0°F and lower, use anti-fog solution, P/N 951015, 951016, 981806,
or 981808.
2. Use with adequate skin protection when worn in gases or vapors that poison by skin absorption (for
example, hydrocyanic acid gas).
3. Approved only when compressed air container is fully charged with air meeting the requirements of
the Compressed Gas Association, G-7.1 for Type 1, Grade D air or equivalent specifications, and
having a moisture content, expressed as dewpoint, of -65°F or lower. The container shall be marked
“Fill With Compressed Air Only” and shall meet applicable DOT specifications.
4. Never substitute, modify, add, or omit parts. Use only exact replacement parts on the configuration
specified by Sperian.
5. DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY may result if instructions are not carefully followed.
6. READ AND UNDERSTAND all instructions, limitations, and other warnings found on the apparatus and
in the operation manual.
CAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS
S - SPECIAL OR CRITICAL USER’S INSTRUCTIONS
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NOTE
This section must be read in conjunction with the
NIOSH approval label in this user’s manual.
Failure to observe these cautions and limitations
voids NIOSH approval.

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WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
LIMITED WARRANTY:
EXCLUSIONS:
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CONDITIONS:
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
Sperian Respiratory Protection USA, LLC warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for 12 years from the date of purchase, with the exception of the compressed air cylinder,
which is warranted for 15 years; and the first stage regulator, which is warranted for the life of the
product. The Heads up Display (HUD) electronics are warranted for 2 years. During these periods, Sperian
Respiratory Protection USA, LLC will repair or replace defective parts, at Sperian Respiratory Protection
USA, LLC's option.
Freight charges to and from the Sperian factory shall be paid by the purchaser.
NOT WITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY TERM IN THE PURCHASER’S PURCHASE ORDER OR
OTHERWISE, THE ONLY WARRANTY EXTENDED BY SPERIAN RESPIRATORY PROTECTION USA, LLC,
IS THE EXPRESSED LIMITED WARRANTY DEFINED ABOVE. THIS WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN
LIEU OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
To maintain this warranty this product must be used, maintained, and inspected as prescribed in the owner’s
instruction manual, including prompt replacement or repair of defective parts, mandatory flow tests and
overhauls, and such other necessary maintenance and repair as may be required. Normal wear and tear;
parts damaged by abuse, misuse, negligence, or accidents; batteries; and installed accessories which have
separate warranties are specifically excluded from this warranty. Exposure to materials that damage or
render this product unusable, such as CBRN agents, will void this warranty.
No other oral warranties, representations, or guarantees of any kind have been made by Sperian, its
distributors, or the agents of either of them, that in any way alter the terms of this warranty. EXCEPT AS
HEREIN PROVIDED, SPERIAN RESPIRATORY PROTECTION USA, LLC, SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL, TO ANY
PURCHASER OR USER OF THIS PRODUCT ARISING FROM THE SALE, USE, OR OPERATION OF THIS
PRODUCT.
The failure to use an maintain this equipment in strict conformance with the applicable instruction
manual may result in personal injury, illness, or eath. The equipment’s use in any manner that is not
expressly authorize pursuant to the applicable instruction manual may result in severe a verse
impacts to human health.

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CAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . i
WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . ii
I. INTRODUCTION.............····.........1
II. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 1
III. PARTSLIST..............····.........5
IV. DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 9
A.BackpackandCylinder.........................9
B. First Stage Regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
C. Heads-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
D. Chest-mounted Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
E. SecondStageRegulator.........................11
F. Facepiece.............................11
G. Rapid Intervention Crew/Company Universal Air Connection (RIC UAC) . . . . . . . . 12
V. UNPACKAGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 12
A.WarrantyCard............................12
B. Removing the SCBA from the Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VI. OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 13
A. Fit Test Instructions for Facepieces Used with SCBA with NIOSH CBRN Certification . . . . 13
B. CBRN Incident Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C. Donning Backpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D. Donning Facepiece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E. ExhalationValveTest.........................20
F. LeakCheck.............................20
G.Pressurization............................21
H. Rapid Intervention Crew/Company Universal Air Connection (RIC UAC) Operation . . . . 22
I. EmergencyOperation..........................24
J. Doffing..............................24
K. Cylinder Removal and Reinstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L. Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
M. Interface Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
VII. CYLINDER FILLING AND SAFETY . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 27
A.Inspection.............................27
B. Filling Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
VIII. MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 29
A. Facepiece Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
B. Second Stage Regulator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
C. Exterior Surfaces Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
D.Inspection.............................31
E. Repair..............................31
F. FunctionalTesting...........................31
G.CylinderRecharging..........................31
H. Cold Weather Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I. Storage..............................35
J. FlowTest.............................35
K. Cylinder Valve Overhaul Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
L. Cylinder Hydrostatic Test Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
M.MaintenanceRecord..........................36
N. Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
IX. INSPECTIONTABLE............····.........37
X. REPAIRTABLE..............····.........38
XI. FUNCTIONAL TESTING TABLE . . . . . . . . . · · · · . . . . . . . . . 39
XII. CAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION:
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II. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:
This manual provides operating instructions as
well as cleaning, maintenance, and storage
procedures for the Sperian WARRIOR high and
low pressure SCBA. You ust read and
understand these instructions and be properly
trained before using the SCBA in a hazardous
at osphere.
The Warnings, Cautions, and Notes contained in
this manual have the following significance:
•The user is responsible for establishing that
this equipment is suitable for the user’s
application.
•For respiratory protection, this SCBA must be
worn an use as specifie in Sperian’s
instructions. No protective equipment can
provi e complete protection from all con itions.
Use extreme care for all emergency operations.
Do not use the WARRIOR SCBA alone for any
fire fighting, hazar ous material operation, or
CBRN response operations; a itional protective
clothing an equipment are require for
protection. Always use in conjunction with
personal protective ensembles that provi e
appropriate levels of protection against ermal
hazar . This SCBA may cease to provi e
protection if use uring excessive heat or
flashover con itions harsher than those in
which it has been teste . Users must clean an
maintain this SCBA only in accor ance with
Sperian’s instructions. Accessories or replace-
ment components not certifie for use with this
SCBA may egra e performance or make this
SCBA unsafe, or voi NIOSH certification, an
must not be use without Sperian's written
consent. The user must rea , un erstan , an
follow the accessory installation an operation
instructions before using this SCBA in a
hazar ous environment. Only Sperian
components shall be use with this SCBA.
Failure to comply shall voi the warranty an
NIOSH approval.
•Your Sperian respirator has been constructe
of materials selecte after careful consi eration
for their performance, safety, an urability.
However, all materials have exposure
limitations to flame, extremes of heat an col ,
or to the many chemicals in use to ay. No
materials exist that can be use safely in all of
these environments.
Maintenance or operating proce ures an
techniques that may result in personal injury,
illness, or eath if not carefully followe .
CAUTION
Maintenance or operating proce ures an tech-
niques that may result in amage to equipment
if not carefully followe .
NOTE
The NIOSH CBRN Approved Cautions and
Limitations are located on page ii and page 40
of this manual, and must remain permanently
affixed. If the NIOSH CBRN Approved Cautions
and Limitations are not present, contact your local
Sperian representative or safety officer for a
replacement manual.
All Sperian-certified technicians are required to
remain current on new procedures and parts
through Sperian’s published Technical Bulletins,
technical manual revisions, and certification
classes.
NOTE
Maintenance or operating procedures and tech-
niques or information considered important
enough to emphasize.

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•Exposure to atmospheres containing CBRN
agents may cause the SCBA to be expose
to excessive CBRN agent levels. Although
the WARRIOR SCBA will prevent penetration an
permeation of specific concentrations of CBRN
agents, there coul be environments that are
contaminate with CBRN agent levels that
excee the NIOSH CBRN test protocol concentra-
tions. This is a particular concern in confine
space environments. Proper quantification of the
CBRN agent contaminate environment is
recommen e prior to entry.
•Our engineers cannot pre ict what will
happen to this equipment in every potential
environment. Materials can be chemically
attacke if expose to the wrong environment
an may exhibit excessive corrosion or other
forms of amage. Permeation of gases an
liqui s through the materials coul be
excessive. Flame or extremes of temperature
might cause thermal egra ation. Each of these
things, or a combination of them, coul create
con itions in which this Sperian equipment
woul be angerous to use.
•This respirator will re uce, but will not
eliminate, the inhalation of contaminants.
Before allowing anyone to enter a hazar ous
environment while wearing Sperian equipment,
you must con uct safe, scientific tests to
etermine if the environment coul ren er the
equipment unsafe. Results of this testing shoul
be well ocumente . Seek the help of a certifie
safety professional or in ustrial hygienist. DO
NOT USE this equipment if the user woul
be en angere in any way through
environmentally in uce egra ation of the
materials in the apparatus.
•All persons using the Sperian breathing
apparatus must be ma e aware of its limita-
tions. We cannot be responsible for any amage
to property, personal injury or eath in which
environmental exposure is a contributing factor.
•This respirator oes not protect expose areas
of the bo y. Some contaminants can be
absorbe irectly through the skin while others
may irritate expose areas. Always use in
conjunction with personal protective ensembles
that provi e appropriate levels of protection
against ermal hazar s.
•Visual in ications of material egra ation
may be i entifie by charring, blistering,
cracking, crazing, pitting, chalking, rust, an
significant color changes, all of which can result
in a weakene structure, prohibiting exten e
useful service life.
•Do not wear this respirator if a satisfactory fit,
as etermine by the fit testing escribe in
section VI., cannot be obtaine . Also see ANSI
Z88.2 latest e ition an OSHA respirator
Stan ar (29 CFR 1910.134).
•Bear s an si eburns will prevent a goo
facepiece seal. Do not use this respirator unless
you are clean shaven.
•This respirator must be use in conjunction
with a written respirator program meeting the
requirement of the OSHA Stan ar for
Respiratory Protection, 29 CFR 1910.134,
available from the U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety an Heath A ministration.
The program must inclu e, but not be limite to,
proce ures for evaluating air contaminants an
selecting the appropriate respirator; proce ures
for testing the facepiece-to-face fit of respirators;
proce ures for cleaning, isinfecting, inspecting,
maintaining, an storing respirators; proce ures
for etermining if workers are physically an
me ically capable of wearing respirators; an
proce ures for training employees in the use
of respirators an in recognizing the hazar
associate with contaminants in the workplace.
•Do not use this respirator un erwater or for
abrasive blasting.
•This SCBA is esigne for storage in
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•Sperian respirators, accessories, an
associate equipment shoul not be use in
atmospheres which may contain contaminant
concentrations above the lower explosive
level (LEL). Intrinsic safety certification of
electronic components oes not eliminate
potential anger from ignition in these
atmospheres.
•The pressure within the Sperian facepiece
remains positive un er most working con i-
tions, but as with all SCBAs, negative pressure
excursions are possible. Con itions when an
SCBA can experience negative facepiece
pressures inclu e, but are not limite to: 1) the
SCBA is improperly worn, 2) the SCBA is not
use in accor ance with the instructions, 3) the
SCBA is improperly maintaine , or 4) the SCBA
is over-breathe uring heavy work rates. The
SCBA will provi e re uce protection when
operate in a negative pressure mo e.
•Some sensitive in ivi uals may experience
health problems when expose to even minute
amounts of contaminants. This SCBA will not
prevent health problems for those in ivi uals.
•Persons sensitize can have a severe reac-
tion to chemicals at levels such as the OSHA
Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), ACGIH®
Threshol Limit Value (TLV®), or NIOSH
Recommen e Exposure Limits (REL). Do not
use this SCBA if you have been sensitize from
previous exposure or believe that you may be
sensitive or allergic to any chemicals (e.g.,
organophosphate, isocyanates, latex, etc.).
•Do not alter or mo ify this SCBA in any
manner. Mo ifying this SCBA will voi NIOSH
certification an may create a con ition in
which the SCBA woul not provi e the
inten e protection. Do not remove, obscure,
or alter any labels on the SCBA.
•Some in ivi uals are sensitive to chemicals
(e.g., isocyanates, latex, oil mists, etc.) or may
have some type of respiratory isor er (e.g.,
asthma, chronic obstructive airway isease,
etc.). If you are sensitive to any chemical or
have a respiratory isor er, you may have a
severe reaction at contaminant levels well
below accepte health levels, such as the
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit value, or the
NIOSH Recommen e Exposure Limit (REL).
Many chemicals (e.g., isocyanates, mercury,
etc.) have no physical warning properties an
you cannot taste or smell the contaminants
even though they may be present in the
facepiece. This SCBA will re uce, but will not
eliminate, the possibility of contaminants
entering the facepiece an causing a severe
reaction. Do not use this respirator un er these
con itions.
•Discontinue use if you experience skin
irritation or iscoloration.
•You must rea , un erstan , an follow all
warnings, instructions, labels, Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDS), etc., for the materials you
are using (e.g., paints, har eners, insectici es,
varnishes, etc.). You must also rea , un er-
stan , an follow all warnings, instructions,
etc., liste in the MSDS for any contaminants
that may be or are present in the work area.
•An impact to the secon stage regulator
when the cylin er valve is open may ina ver-
tently activate the First-Breath-On mechanism,
causing air to flow from the regulator an
iminishing the air in the cylin er.
•ONLY grasp the cylin er valve han wheel to
open or close the valve; DO NOT pick up or
carry a cylin er by the han wheel, rop a
cylin er on the han wheel, or bump the
han wheel, as this may cause the cylin er
valve to ina vertently open, which may lea
to the cylin er becoming airborne un er the
thrust of air release from the open valve,
causing injury or eath. ALWAYS pick up an
carry an air cylin er by the cylin er bo y.