Self-Recovery This is the gold standard. Low or medium risk confined spaces where entrants can get themselves out. All risks have been...

What is Long Duration Breathing Apparatus? Long Duration Breathing Apparatus is a type of Breathing Air System where the user/s require...

So many times people will refer to the need for ‘BA’ or ‘Breathing Apparatus’ without making any distinction as to which type is needed...

For any person wearing an item of close fitting respiratory protective equipment a face fit test is a mandatory requirement. Regulation 7...

Selecting the right equipment for use in a rescue team is critical. Although it is better to have too much equipment, consideration...

Confined Space Rescue Teams are becoming more and more common in the market, now that people are realising that purely relying on...

Once a risk assessment has been carried out (see our earlier risk assessment article) a safe system of work (SSoW) then needs to be...

A confined space is a term used to describe a space that is enclosed or partially enclosed, and is not intended for continuous human...

For an area to be defined as a confined space under Confined Space Regs 1997, there must be a ‘reasonable foreseeable specified risk.’ To...

Anyone risk assessing a confined space must have the correct training to do so (i.e. City & Guilds 6150-14, 6150-54, 6150-61, Breathe...

If you are entering a confined space or supervising work that is taking place in a confined space you will require training to conduct...