Automated decontamination systems that remove carcinogens from firefighters' BA sets and PPE — protecting crews from the cancer risk that follows them home.
Firefighters face a threat that follows them off the fireground. Contaminated PPE and breathing apparatus carry carcinogenic particles — PAHs and combustion byproducts — that absorb through skin and airways long after the incident is over. Cancer is now the leading cause of firefighter death, and inadequate decontamination is a primary driver.
Rescue Intellitech builds purpose-designed automated systems that remove those contaminants safely, consistently, and without adding burden to already stretched crews.
We were thoroughly impressed by the machine’s ease of operation, efficiency and performance. The number of contaminants that were removed from the SCBAs that had previously been cleaned by hand was astonishing. Gary Robertson, Captain at Kananaskis Emergency Services in Alberta, Canada.