Dräger Provides PARAT 5550 Fire Escape Hood To Protect Victims From Toxic Smoke

Standards are being set with fire and rescue services in the UK adopting escape hoods to protect trapped and injured people from toxic smoke during evacuation at fires. Latest figures show in the year 2017/2018 firefighters attended 717,890 incidents in the UK, with 213,464 being fires. Fire related fatalities totalled 401 and there were 5113 non-fatal fire related casualties requiring hospital treatment.The London Fire Brigade is the first in the UK to carry the PARAT 5550 to protect members of