MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE
TB CATALOG
BioSafety Systems has introduced a catalog that features products designed to prevent the transmission of tuberculosis in health-care facilities. The catalog includes information to assist managers in understanding the latest CDC Tuberculosis Guidelines and OSHA Enforcement Policies and presents compliance products to prevent transmission and reduce worker exposure.
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HALON ALTERNATIVES LITERATURE
Literature on halon alternatives and technologies is available from Ansul Fire Protection. The literature includes a brochure on Inergen, a brochure on Pike® Protection Systems; a questionand-answer brochure from Chemetron Fire Systems”, outlining FM-200 use; and a conversion analysis sheet on halon, FM-200, Inergen, and CO>.
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FIRE SUPPRESSION INNOVATION LITERATURE
Pyrocap International Corporation has available literature that describes Pyrocap B-1 36’”, a nontoxic concentrate of organic compounds that imparts to water an increased ability to absorb heat and reduce smoke and toxic fumes on the fireground. The literature includes a descriptive product brochure and a comparison of the effectiveness of Pyrocap and water as extinguishing agents.
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT LITERATURE
A variety of product literature is available from MSA (Mine Safety Appliances) describing several new products, including the company’s Emergency Escape Breathing Support System, which allows a firefighter to breathe from another firefighter’s self-contained breathing apparatus for emergency escape or connect to an air-line.
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CLIMBING SAFETY BROCHURE
A new brochure from RTC (Research and Trading Corporation) describes the RTC-2000 Climb-Rite® ladder climbing fall protection system, which arrests falls that may occur when workers climb fixed ladders. Attached to the worker’s fullbody harness, the device (a sliding device secured to a fixed rail attached to the climbing structure) rolls freely with the worker, limiting the falling worker’s travel to just inches.
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