SWBA® offers respiratory protection at the water’s surface for flood water rescue technicians and a means of escaping submerged vehicles.

Ka 1942, Jacques-Yves Cousteau le Émile Gagnan ba ile ba theha setsi sa pele se tšepahalang le se atlehileng khoebong sa Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA), se tsejoang e le Aqua-Lung. Ka 1945, Scott Aviation o ile a sebetsa le Lefapha la Mollo oa New York ho qala kamohelo ea pele e atileng ea AirPac, Sesebelisoa sa Boithaopo ba ho Phefumoloha (SCBA) bakeng sa ho tima mollo.

Leha mekhoa e potlakileng ea pholoso ea metsi e qalile ho hlaha ka bo-1970, phokotso ea likotsi tse sokelang polokeho ea mopholosi e tsepamisitse maikutlo ho nts'etsopele ea lisebelisoa tsa botho tsa Flotation (PFDs). Leha ho le joalo, leha ho na le li-PFD tse matla haholo, ho khangoa ke metsi ho ka etsahala ka ho lakatsa hanyenyane joalo ka teaspoon ea metsi. Tsela e le 'ngoe feela e tiileng ea ho thibela ho khangoa ke metsi ke ho thibela takatso ea metsi,' me seo se ka etsoa feela ka tšireletso ea phefumoloho.

Kaha SCUBA le SCBA hangata li kholo ebile li boima, ha lia lokela ho pholosa metsi ka potlako. Ka 2022, Motsamaisi oa PSI Ngaka Steve Glassey, e IPSQA Swift Water Rescue Assessor, o ile a qala liteko tsa ho boela a sebelisa Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS) bakeng sa mesebetsi e potlakileng ea ho pholosa metsi, e neng e entsoe "Swift Water Breathing Apparatus" kapa SWBA. EBS ke litsamaiso tsa mini-SCUBA tse sebelisoang ke basebetsi ba lifofane ho baleha sefofaneng se theohileng ka metsing. Li boetse li sebelisoa liketsong tsa likepe le maemong a mang a maoatle ho baleha likepe tse tebang kapa tse phethotsoeng. Leha ho le joalo, ha ho le e 'ngoe ea litekanyetso tse laolang EBS e loketseng ho pholosa metsi ka potlako.

Ngaka Glassey, eo hape e leng a PADI Public Safety Diver, e sebelitse le litsebi tsa indasteri le babuelli ba molao ho nts'etsapele phihlello e bulehileng Tataiso e Ntle ea Boikoetliso - Lisebelisoa tsa ho Phefumoloha ka Metsi a Swift hape e thehile setifikeiti sa marang-rang sa SWBA feela lefatšeng ka netefatso ea nako ea nnete inthaneteng bakeng sa ba seng ba ntse ba e-na le mangolo a amohelehang a ho pholosa metsi a potlakileng le a ho qoela. SWBA e bile lets'oao le ngolisitsoeng ka 2023 mme e ka sebelisoa feela ka tumello. Ho sebelisa sehlahisoa se entsoeng Sistimi ea ho kenya SWBA, type-approved SWBA products can be fitted to a range of PFDs to operationalize the use of EBS in swift water.

Tlas'a Tataiso ea Boikoetliso bo Botle - Lisebelisoa tsa Swift Water Breathing Apparatus, basebetsi ba tlameha ho netefatsoa. U ka netefatsa hore na motho ke Mofani oa SWBA ea netefalitsoeng Mona. Setifikeiti sa ho sebelisa SWBA tlas'a Tataiso se hloka hore ho phethoe mosebetsi oa bongaka oa ho qoela, ho netefatsoa ha setsebi se tsebahalang sa pholoso ea metsi ka potlako le mangolo a hlokometsoeng a batho ba qoelang metsing le ho feta tlhahlobo. Ho sebetsa SWBA ntle le setifikeiti ho ka baka kotsi e mpe kapa lefu. 

Latela likhokahano tse ka tlase ho ithuta haholoanyane ka SWBA.