Firefighters choose BA
April 1st 2008 Following a three month trial
with breathing apparatus
(BA) from three different
manufacturers, the
AgustaWestland Fire and
Rescue Service at Yeovil has
chosen the new Draeger PSS
7000 BA complete with PSS
Bodyguard II electronic
monitoring capabilities.
The sets went live in
November after just one
week of training and were
selected for their ease of
maintenance, future system
expandability and reliability.
Paul Smith, station
commander, explains "Not
only have we become the
first non-local authority fire
service to use the new system
in the UK, but our firefighters
are now benefiting
from the very latest BA
technology from Draeger.
"Modular in design, the
set can also be easily
enhanced in the future to
bring us data storage
capabilities as well as
electronic monitoring and
telemetry. This is particularly
important to our
management team who are
keen to ensure that we
continue to offer the best
levels of safety to our
firefighters within this busy
aerodrome environment."
He adds "Fitted with 9L,
300 bar composite cylinders,
the sets have also been
supplied with the F2 mask
which offered a fuller field of
vision and which was
something that was of prime
importance to us." More articles from Draeger Safety UK Limited: | 
