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Behind the Scenes of Product Development: The New Globe Guard™ Hood

< 1 Minute | Jan 14, 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minute In designing the new Globe Guard™ Hood, MSA teamed up with another industry leader in the firefighter PPE world, DuPont Personal Protection, to address exposure to airborne particulates and heat stress. Read the full blog post to learn more.

January 14, 2021 by Kimberly.Smith

Reading Time: < 1 minute
MSA Globe Guard Hood

In the past decade, there has been a steep increase in what the fire service has learned about two significant risks firefighters face during interior structural firefighting operations:

  • Exposure to airborne particulates present in the smoke of today’s structure fires.
  • Heat stress arising from the physical exertion of firefighting while wearing structural firefighting PPE and SCBA, which can lead to a sudden cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke.

In designing the new Globe Guard™ Hood, MSA teamed up with another industry leader in the firefighter PPE world, DuPont Personal Protection, to address those two issues.

Read the full article to learn more about the particulate-protective fiber technology inside the Globe Guard Hood, as well as advanced features of the new hood.

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