# Protective Breathing Equipment
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 1996-08-26 · Effective 1996-09-25 · 61 FR 43918
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-21713
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Rule
- **Action:** Final rule.
- **Citation:** 61 FR 43918
- **Publication date:** 1996-08-26
- **Effective date:** 1996-09-25
- **FAA docket:** Docket No. 27219
## Abstract

This final rule amends the regulations governing portable protective breathing equipment (PBE) required for crewmembers' use in combating in-flight fires. It is intended to codify exemptions currently in place, clarify ambiguities in the existing regulations, and allow air carriers added flexibility with compliance while maintaining or increasing safety.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/08/26/96-21713/protective-breathing-equipment)
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