MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL BREATHING PROTECTION. Fire in an industry or on a ship is among the most dangerous fire environments conceivable. Confined spaces, extreme heat and combustible materials multiply the complexity of the situation.

An additional problem with fire on ships and industrial sites is that the location may be such that assistance from fire and rescue services is hard to get. The breathing protection available at the site has to serve different purposes; escape breathing devices are necessary for evacuation of staff members not directly involved in the fire extinguishing, and full SCBA/BA sets for the fire fighters working on location.

Unlike professional fire and rescue services the cost for breathing protection must be calculated as a type of insurance cost, since it is used only for worst-case scenarios. But on the same time the equipment must fill the task as an effective counter-measure against these worst-case scenarios – and as mentioned previously – in complex and lethal environments.