Red Rack PPE storage systems feature the strongest tubular steel frame with a durable industrial powder coat finish to stand up to the rugged demands of the fire service. Its unique construction eliminates the need for a rear grid, allowing for access to existing electrical outlets and switches, and simplifying wall cleaning and painting.

The Red Rack product family includes wall-mounted systems, mobile systems on heavy duty casters, and freestanding systems. There is a full line of accessories available for Red Rack systems, including lockable security doors, personal property boxes, Dry Kwik Coat Hangers, glove hangers, hanging utility hooks, and helmet holders. Red Rack systems are available in 20- and 24-inch-wide versions.

The Ready Rack family includes innovative gear storage systems including: hose drying racks, hose winders, hose drying racks, backboard racks, SCBA storage systems, and surplus gear racks.

For more information, visit www.readyrack.com.

Groves Incorporated, makers of Ready Rack® fire department storage systems, is proud to introduce its innovative Back Board Rack storage unit. Available as a wall-mounted unit or as a mobile design featuring four heavy-duty casters (two locking), it will hold up to eight backboards. The Ready Rack® Back Board Rack will eliminate station clutter and reduce possible safety hazards from boards falling over.

Designed to take the harsh use and abuse in a fire station, the Back Board Rack is constructed of heavy-gauge steel with a durable powder coat finish. Wall-mounted Back Board Racks are 20 inches wide by 72 inches high and are open at the back, allowing easy wall cleaning and painting without removal. They are mounted above the floor to facilitate mopping. Mobile units measure 20 inches wide by 78 inches high.

For more information, visit www.groves.com.

Cranbury, NJ –This year at FDIC International, not only did Plymovent exhibit its popular vehicle exhaust extraction systems, it also introduced a new product for firefighters. Imagine a safe and effective work space where you can pre-clean your soiled turnout gear of contaminants—on a Plymovent downdraft table. This product is a combination of a workbench and an extraction/filtration system. Attendees at FDIC International were able to visit the Plymovent booth and see first-hand how this downdraft table can help protect firefighters from exposure to dust and hazardous debris found on turnout gear and boots. 

For more information, email info.usa@plymovent.com or visit http://www.plymovent.com/us.

By Plymovent Staff

Every fire station is different in some way. Therefore, the installation of a vehicle exhaust removal system will vary based on the type of equipment, building construction and floorplan. Plymovent provides three basic system types and all necessary components for the installation and related support materials to attach the exhaust system to the building structure. The reason for this is so every installation, whether it is in California or New York, is done to the same standards and design. Obviously some stations will require some special structural attachments, and this is coordinated with the staff at Plymovent, the engineering or architectural company, as well as local officials. Plymovent authorized dealers handle the installation and have collectively installed more than 50,000 Plymovent systems. Plymovent is the only company in the industry that provides virtually everything required to complete the installation of a successfully operating system. Because of this, the local dealer has everything it will need, which reduces any challenges that other systems might present.

The first thing any department should consider when beginning the selection process is: What is the most effective method of removing a known carcinogen such as diesel exhaust from the breathing zone of the firefighter and other employees in the facility? There are several ways to “ventilate” the apparatus bays. However, numerous independent studies have demonstrated that “source capture” is the most effective. There are two basic types of source capture exhaust hose systems available on the market today. They are defined as “open nozzle” and “sealed nozzle”. The open nozzle does not enclose the exhaust pipe, therefore allowing diesel exhaust to escape from the exhaust pipe under certain conditions. The sealed nozzle system seals itself to the exhaust pipe, therefore sending all of the diesel exhaust outside the facility in a sealed continuous system. (See Uniform Mechanical Code, sections 401.9, 502.1, 502.9 & 502.11).

Plymovent offers a “pneumatic” and a “magnetic” source capture tailpipe connection system. The pneumatic system incorporates an inflatable “Grabber” nozzle that inflates around the exhaust tailpipe. The Magnetic Grabber® incorporates rare earth permanent magnets that securely attach (click and seal) to the tailpipe adaptor. Both systems provide virtually 100 percent at source capture and removal of the diesel exhaust and gases from a running vehicle. Therefore when properly used, it prevents any hazardous particulate or gases from escaping into the apparatus bay. 

Another solution that Plymovent offers is for vehicles that have a top exhaust stack. This is referred to as a Vertical Stack Rail (VSR) and it is the simplest system of all in that there is no hose or nozzle to hook up. The vertical exhaust stack is fitted with an adapter that allows the exhaust pipe to slide into the VSR upon the return of the vehicle to the fire station. While in the station, the vertical exhaust pipe stays in the VSR, and the exhaust is mov