Smoke hood
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This article is about a safety device. For the architectural element smoke hood, see chimney.
A smoke hood, also called an Air-Purifying Respiratory Protective Smoke Escape Device (RPED),[1] is a hood wherein a transparent airtight bag seals around the head of the wearer while an air filter held in the mouth connects to the outside atmosphere and is used to breathe. Smoke hoods are a class of emergency breathing apparatus intended to protect victims of fire from the effects of smoke inhalation.[2][3][4] A smoke hood is a predecessor to the gas mask.[5] The first modern smoke hood design was by Garrett Morgan and patented in 1912.[6]