This photo shows a way to make an SCBA face piece for your RIT bag/kit glove friendly. You can use a garden hose or any kind of rubber tubing or hose that would be easy to grab with a gloved hand. We used a small bungee cord and ran it through the bonnet and attached both ends to the hose. This allows for easy feeling and grabbing the back of the mask with gloved hands.
We also attached large key rings to the pull tabs for the face piece bonnet to pull it tight. These rings can be any size you want, but make sure they are easily accessed and grabbed with glove hands.
These two methods have worked very well for us and during training evolutions has stood up to the pulling and tugging.
Let us know if you have other methods that work well for your department.
Thanks and keep training hard.
Jason
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I like how you used the small bungee to attach the hose. Previous versions I've seen had a smaller diameter hose threaded over the lower facepiece strap (through the web bonnet). We were unable to do that due the MSA webbing configuration, so this is a workable solution for us.
Another thing we've done with our RIT masks is we've removed the rubber "anti-fog nose cone" thingee. It's not needed for a downed FF, and helps the mask to go on and stay on better.
Keep up the good work and stay low!