It's called a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus, and more than 1,500 fire departments in the United States use an air pack made by Draeger Safety, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based company criticized ...

The air packs provide clean, compressed air for firefighters to breathe as they battle blazes. Draeger Safety executives met with Fire Chief Edward O'Brien last week to discuss complaints about ...

There have been nearly 30 reported close-calls involving the Draeger air packs. Last week, a firefighter was on the second-floor of a house when he lost air. "It wasn't even fire. It was smoke ...

NIOSH also tested air packs made by three other manufacturers: Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Ocenco, Pittsburgh-based Draeger Safety and Pittsburgh-based Mine Safety Appliances Co. The agency found ...

NIOSH also tested air packs made by three other manufacturers: Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Ocenco, Pittsburgh-based Draeger Safety and Pittsburgh-based Mine Safety Appliances Co. The agency found ...

The inventory also found about 70 air packs made by Pittsburgh-based Draeger Safety that lack temperature sensors and 15 made by Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Ocenco Inc. with heat damage.

Shortly after DeKalb County firefighters began using Draeger Safety air packs in 2009, firefighters began reporting problems: their air supply would occasionally cut off and pieces fell off the packs.

Firefighters in Phoenix and Anchorage have reported their Draeger Safety air packs had the same issues, from a loss of clean air to disintegrating mouthpieces, while battling blazes, The Atlanta ...

The ProAir provides safe, breathable air, allowing a responder to spend more ... the Ice Cooler with durable ice packs and the groundbreaking Phase Change Material (PCM) system, making its debut ...

The air packs provide clean, compressed air for firefighters to breathe as they battle blazes. Draeger Safety executives met with fire Chief Edward O'Brien last week to discuss complaints about ...