FILTER CHANGE CRITERIA

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Subject: FILTER CHANGE CRITERIA                                          

Box  ID: BX000402

Document Number:         21

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  - MISC INCOMING ARCENT SITREPS 1-2 SEP 90                                      

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     


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               ALL UNITS DEFILI-lylt'%'G TO THE AOR WILL CHANGE MASK FILTERS
      Ai4DiOR CANISTERS PRIOR TO DEP/-RT114,3 CONUS. AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
      THIS PROCESS INVOLVES ENSURING ALL FILTER LOT 14UtlBERS ARE CHECKED
      AGAINST -aB        (CB CANISTERS AND FILTER ELEI-IENTS: SERVICEABILITY
      LISTS) AND MSG, AMCCOM, AM-OMC-QAW-C, IIISOOZ MAY 90, 3UBJ: UPDATE
      TO SC 3-30-2, CANISTER A14D FILTER SERVICEABILITY, TO ENSURE FILTERS
      ARE SERVICEABLE. EACH SOLDIER I-JILL DEPLOY WITH A SECOND SET OF
      FILTERS OR CO(41STER. TO PRECLUDE READINESS PROBLEMS D114EN SOLDIERS
      ARRIVE IN THE AOR, MA-QKS MUST BE INSPECTED FOR SERVICEABILITY ONCE
      FILTERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND PRIOR TO DEPARTING COr4US.
      3.       ONCE IN THE AOR, ALL UNITS WILL CHANGE FILTERS EVERY TWO
      MONTHS SO LONG AS THERE ARE NO HOSTILITIES INVOLVING THE USE OF
      TOXIC CHEMICAL MUi4lTION@a (TCM). IF TCM ARE USED, AFFECTED UNITS
      ONLY 14ILL CHANGE FILTERS @IITHIN SO DAYS UNLESS ATTACKED WITH A BLOOD
      AGENT. UNDER THE LATTER CONDITIONS r@ILTERS/CAt4l3TERS WILL BE
      CHANGED FOLLOWING EVERY ATTACK.
      4.       PER REF 6, AVCCOM HAS SUFFICIENT QUA14TI-iIES OF FILTERS lt4
      olie 14HOLESALE SYSTEM TO MEET THE TWO MONTH FZQI-IT THROUGH THE
      MIDTERM.  NEW PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INITIATED.   FILTERS WILL BE PUSHED
      INTO THE THEATER iO SPT XVIII ABN CORPS RQMT@A. IT l@o IMPERATIVE
      THAT UNITS INITIATE POSITIVE MEASURES FOR ENSURING EVERY SOLDIER
      CHANGES FILTER-O/CANI@OTERS IN A TIMELY FASION.
      5.       IAW WITH THE DOCTRINE IN CHAP 5 FM 1-1-4, NBC PROTECTION,
      RECOMMEND ALL FILTERS ELEMENTS BE MARD@CD WITH THE INSTALLATION DATE
      ON' THE INSIDE OF THE FILTER CONNECTOR WITH A PERMANENT MARKER.
      CANISTERS SHOULD BE SIMILARLY MARKED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE
EEKLY, AND EACH TIME FILTERS ARE CHANGED,
      Ti ENSURE MKXFMUM OPERATIONAL READINESS.   PARTICULAR ATTENTION MUST
      BE PAID TO THE EFFECTS OF SA14D, HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND PROLONGED
      CArn'RY/WEAR ON THE MASK AND CARRIER. D-MY ROT (ALL MASKS) AND
      FACEPIECE DELAtelli4AT[01,' ON lei24AI/-&5AI MASKS ARE CURRENT CONCERNS
      REQUIRliu'G IMMEDIATE R-CFORTING.
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-29
Box ID = BX000402
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS - MISC INCOMING ARCENT SITREPS 1-2 SEP 90
Folder Seq # = 2
Subject = FILTER CHANGE CRITERIA
Document Seq # = 15
Document Date =
Scan Date = 23-JUL-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 16-AUG-1996