MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

MANUFACTURERS’ LITERATURE

PHOTOLUMINESCENT SAFETY PRODUCTS LITERATURE

Literature is available from American Permalight®, Inc., a subsidiary of Permalight AG, the West German company, describing Permalight safety vests and arm bands, which are fluorescent red in daylight, reflective against light, and photoluminescent yellow in the dark. The brochures enclosed include information on these new products as well as the Permalight escape routing system, composed of plastics, tape, or paint embedded in floor coverings and stair ledges to light paths of escape when a building’s lights go out. Information on the photoluminescent material’s configurations and the technology behind it are included.

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FLASHLIGHT BROCHURE

Pelican Products, Inc., offers a brochure of flashlights thar provides specifications and product descriptions. Featured products include the Super Pelilite® Laser Spot’” Xenon Powered Flashlight, which is watertight to 600 feet, and the Versalite™, which is actually six lights in one unit.

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PROMOTIONAL CATALOG

Emergency One, Inc., has published a 16-page catalog featuring promotional and specialty items for 1994. Merchandise presented includes clothing and novelty items for professional firefighters and fire buffs alike.

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REVISED SAFETY PRODUCTS CATALOG

Scott Aviation’s new catalog features the company’s revised full line of health and safety products. The catalog covets the latest developments incorporated into Scott products, including compliance with NFPA 1981 (1992), a revised All-Pro communications system, and information on the new lightweighi Kevlar® cylinder. Self-containec breathing apparatus, gas masks supplied air respirators, chemica cartridge and escape respirators and monitoring instruments arc included.

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PORTABLE WORKSTATION LITERATURE

EER Systems has introduced t portable communications workstation, the PCW-2000, that combines the benefits of a computing platform, printer, CCITI group III fax, and wireless voice and data communications capabilities into a 28-pound, briefcase-sized unit. Literature that includes a product description; a price list for the baseline unit, accessories, and upgrades; and overviews of EER, its market, ‘and product usage is available.

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FIRE SUPPRESSING AGENT INFORMATION

Literature that features the capa« uhties and characteristics of, as well as material safety data heets and environmental considerations for, ColdFire™ 302 Class B fire suppression agent from North American Environmental Oil, Chemical and Cleaning Company, Inc., is available

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LIGHTING CATALOG

A new catalog from Churchville Fire Equipment Company features lampheads, pager and radio cases, face piece pouches, adapter and mounting brackets, folding portable lights, generator lights, tripods and their mounting brackets, and folding portable brackets for transport and storage. The lights are guaranteed by the company for 20 years.

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SAFETY SUPPLIES CATALOG

Direct Safety Company has issued its 1994 Master Catalog of Safety Supplies for Industry. It features more than 180 pages of products for personal protection, traffic control, warning signs, first aid, ergonomics, confinedspace entry, and fall protection. Also featured are charts and tips tor choosing the correct product for a particular application.

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COMPRESSORS LITERATURE

Masterline Compressors, Inc., offers literature on its corrosionresistant alloy, high-pressure air purification systems. The systems are designed to the ASME’s 4:1 safety standard and use replaceable filter cartridges with visual moisture indicators inside the cartridge.

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GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM LITERATURE

Trimble Navigation has available literature that describes the global positioning system (GPS) system in use by the San Diego, California, Fire Department. A GPS is a navigational tool that utilizes 24 planned satellites to figure precise locations on Earth, providing location information to within “street width” accuracy.

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Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
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Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.