Dräger opens new facility for testing breathing apparatus in hazardous environments

Dräger, supplier of medical safety technology, has opened its Flame Engulfment Testing Cabin in its Engineered Solutions division, providing an in-house facility for testing self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). This is set to provide safety for fire and rescue teams and emergency responders in toxic environments.

Based at Dräger’s Centre of Excellence manufacturing facility in Blyth, the Flame Engulfment Testing Cabin will provide the company with extensive research, design and development capabilities, and eliminate any of the time and resource challenges associated with third party testing.

The Flame Engulfment Cabin allows Dräger to thoroughly test and trial all components and materials in its SCBA product portfolio to ensure they withstand extreme heat, flames, or impact, such as being dropped from a great height. The facility reassures customers that the SCBA will protect firefighters in a wide range of challenging environments.  

“This facility is testament to Dräger’s success in achieving technological sophistication and quality in design. Not only can we now test and develop products ourselves, but we can also help the industry improve too.” 

Philipp Hecker, Head of Portfolio and Solutions at Dräger.

The Engineered Solutions division includes scenario-based training systems and simulations, including Dräger’s CFS 7000 gas-powered passenger vehicle simulator, wood, gas and liquid gas (LPG) fired Fire Training Systems and the wildfire training facility, Wildland-Fire Sandbox WFS 1000.

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The industry will once again be gathering at the NEC, Birmingham for The Emergency Services Show, co located with The Emergency Tech Show on 18-19 September, check out the full exhibitor list here. You can find Dräger in Hall 5, stand B190.