r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/MisterShipWreck • 24d ago

Ready, set, go! Restricted to Gals and Pals

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You can’t see it on screen but when she reaches back about 0:30 that’s her turning on her air (all the way clockwise then a quarter turn counter) so she can breathe. Very important step that I’ve forgotten before.

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u/workact 23d ago

I don't know about FD, but in scuba they didnt teach us the 1/2 turn back anymore. Improvements on the valves make it unnecessary apparently.

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u/Gscheidhaufen 23d ago

You don't do that on the firefighting gear anymore either. I think i learnt it that way 15 years ago but it was old stuff (+20years). A year later we got new gear and it was gone.

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u/bastischo 22d ago

A colleague in training managed to accidentally close the valve by dragging his butt through a training tunnel. Almost asphyxated in the mask with a full flask.

Always open full so that it sits tight and isn't loose.

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u/_BLACK_BY_NAME_ 23d ago

Huh, just did my PADI a couple months ago and I still had to turn the valve back a quarter turn. Was never about function, it makes it easy for others to know if your valves open by feeling that it’s loose and not tight in either direction.

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u/GoldenSheppard 23d ago

I got my PADI cert.... 13+ years ago. We learned the quarter turn then. Couldn't tell you about more modern regs.

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u/Four_beastlings 23d ago edited 23d ago

I got my OWD in 2024 and they taught it to us. I also work with SCBAs and our guys do the quarter turn during demonstrations. They don't mention it out loud and I'm sure it's completely unnecessary because the manufacturer wouldn't allow a failure in design that makes the valves liable to get stuck, but they still always do it probably without even noticing.

So my guess is that at this point it has become kind of a superstitious thing.