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NVN-ISO/TS 16975-2 provides brief guidance to assist persons responsible for establishing and implementing a programme for respiratory protective devices (RPD) that meet the performance requirements. There are special applications where the selection of suitable RPD using this guide is not appropriate. These are: a) Fire Fighting - structural and wildland firefighting, hazardous materials and rescue applications; b) CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear agents); c) Marine - shipboard or off-shore firefighting or hazardous materials applications; d) Mining - underground mining or firefighting and rescue applications; and e) Escape - general, fire, CBRN, marine and mining. This guidance does not apply to RPD programmes for RPD used exclusively under water, in aircraft, and medical life support respirators and resuscitators.