Description

3M™ Scott™ AV-3000 HT Facepiece – 201210-02

The AV-3000 HT utilizes the proven Sureseal™ technology – a reverse reflex sealing surface that maintains a continuous seal around the user’s face to provide enhanced comfort and reliable fit.

Features

• Proprietary lens and bezel material to enhance thermal durability and wearer safety
• Redesigned voice communication components to deliver improved intelligibility with or without communication devices
• Robust communication bracket attachment with right- or left-side mounting for user preference
• Compatible with current and new EPIC 3 communication devices
• Designed for Top-Down Convertibility, the AV-3000 HT will allow for a single facepiece to be used for all NFPA™/CBRN/NIOSH† respiratory applications, reducing fit testing, training and inventory for lower total cost of ownership (pending approvals)
• Approved with NFPA 1981, 2002 and 2007 Edition Air-Pak SCBAs
• ANSI™ Z87.1-2010 Impact Rated
• NFPA 1981 2013 Edition Facepiece Requirements

The AV-3000 HT is designed to meet the facepiece requirements set forth in the 2013 Edition of the NFPA 1981 Standard for high heat and flame and radiant heat by utilizing new proprietary lens and bezel materials. These new materials provide enhanced thermal durability and enhanced wearer safety by ensuring the facepiece stays under positive pressure when exposed to the heat and flame loads measured under NFPA 2013.

NFPA 1981 2013 Edition Voice Intelligibility Tests

Two voice intelligibility tests’ one for mechanical communications and one for electronic, or amplified, communications’ are included in the NFPA 2013 Edition.

The AV-3000 HT meets the mechanical and electronic testing requirements set forth in the new standard and uses two voicemitters to provide a sphere of intelligibility to those around the respirator wearer, not just the individuals directly in front of the wearer. It enables right- or left-side mounting for Scott Safety EPIC 3 voice amplifiers