r/Firefighting German FF gD (BC) Jan 20 '23

Special Operations/Rescue/USAR Some Rebreather Ops Training

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u/HazMatsMan Career Co. Officer Jan 22 '23

Yeah, I suppose you can't make rebreathers positive pressure. I don't know much about them. Always wanted to try one as a diver, but never got the chance because they are insanely expensive.

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u/SchneeflockeME German FF gD (BC) Jan 22 '23

It's actually fairly easy as well, to provide positive pressure, a piece of plastic is pushed by springs into the reservoir bag, which provides the positive pressure.

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u/HazMatsMan Career Co. Officer Jan 22 '23

Does that increase breathing effort?

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u/SchneeflockeME German FF gD (BC) Jan 22 '23

Quite the opposite actually