5 Reasons Why You Need A Gas Mask….
“It is better to have the protective gear and not need it than to need the protective gear and not have it.”
A gas mask and chemical protective gear is like any other safety equipment. You don’t need it every day and you might not use it, but when you do need it, it’s the only thing you need at that moment. Here Are 5 Reasons Why You Need A Gas Mask….
1. Toxic gasses released from an industrial accident.
Chemical plant fires, oil refinery gas leaks, as well as tanker truck and rail car accidents happen every day. There are dangerous chemicals traveling our freeways and railways and sitting in giant tanks at everything from meat packing plants to heavy industry.
Exposure to toxic gases which can induce serious health effects, can occur in the working as well as in general environment, including your home.
These include gas fuels, carbon monoxide, ammonia, chlorine, and fire gases such as nitrogen and sulphur oxides, hydrogen cyanide and phosgene.
2. Protection from a biological outbreak
Weather from an attack or a natural occurrence viral and bacterial outbreaks are a real threat. While we can’t predict exactly when or where the next epidemic or pandemic will begin, we know one is coming. Many challenges exist worldwide that increase the risk that outbreaks will occur and spread rapidly, including:
-Increased risk of infectious pathogens “spilling over” from animals to humans
-Development of antimicrobial resistance
-Spread of infectious diseases through global travel and trade
-Acts of bioterrorism
-Weak public health infrastructures
3. Protection from smoke Inhalation.
Wildfires, building fires, and even volcanic eruptions all produce toxic smoke. If you need to evacuate and encounter thick smoke, a gas mask may be able to help you breathe until you escape to safety or the fire subsides and the air clears.
4. Exposure to chemical warfare agents
Chemical weapons and riot control agents are also a threat in today’s world. Weather deadly chemicals (like chlorine or sarin gas) used in a terror attack or non-lethal chemicals (like tear gas) used in riot control, a gas mask will give you the protection you need to survive.
Chemical weapons are actually uniquely suited to targeting civilian populations. Even a semi-modern military can relatively effectively provide defenses to their troops against chemical weapons. Yet providing the same amount of protection to an entire civilian population is extraordinarily cost prohibitive.
5. Radiation contamination from Nuclear Fallout
In the event of a nuclear attack or an accident at a nuclear power plant, a good quality gas mask may help protect you from breathing in nuclear fallout.
The two worst nuclear disasters in recent history.
The Bottom Line
A construction worker does not expect to have a piece of debris hit his head, but he wears a hard hat. A business does not expect to have a fire, but they keep a fire extinguisher. We don’t expect a chemical plant explosion to happen near our house or a viral outbreak to go uncontrolled. A nuclear disaster or terrorist chemical attack is also a rare occurrence, but all of these things do happen and will happen somewhere!
“It is better to have the protective gear and not need it than to need the protective gear and not have it.”
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