Suit Pressure Testing

Fully Encapsulating Level A HazMat Suits

If your company has a hazmat (emergency response) team with members who

wear Level A “fully encapsulated- gas tight” suits (NFPA 1991), you must implement

and maintain a maintenance schedule for those suits. Your schedule should include

routine inspection and pressure tests for hazmat suits in accordance with OSHA

1910.120 utilizing the ASTM method described in ASTM F 1052-09, Pressure

Testing Vapor Protective Suits. Keeping your Level A response suits “gas tight” is a

critical element to keeping your emergency responders safe. All Level A suits

should be inspected and pressure tested when received, after each use, or annually

(if they have not been in use).

We can pressure test your suits at your company’s location, or at our STEP office.

Upon completion, we will provide a printed certification for suits that pass the

pressure test and will notify you if any of your suits do not pass. Our service can

help you establish a data base that helps to maintain an update to date inspection system.

STEP is ready to help you with this task!