AT THE FOREFRONT OF PROTECTING FIREFIGHTERS

摘要

Scott Health & Safety was founded as Scott Aviation in 1932 when Earl M. Scott began manufacturing the first pivoting tailwheel for airplanes in his Lancaster, NY basement. The company grew steadily for the first few years as manufacturer of several different aviation components, but exploded when, during World War II, the British Royal Air Force asked Mr. Scott to develop a walk-around, on-board oxygen system for its pilots so they could safely fly to altitudes of 30,000 feet over the Burma Hump into China. From that invention, Mr. Scott developed the first Air-Pak~R SCBA model in 1945 called the 6000 B4A. Thinking there was a market for his product for the fire service, Mr. Scott approached the local departments about his SCBA, but it wasn't an overnight sensation. Back then, firefighters were nicknamed smoke eaters for good reason. They simply used wet handkerchiefs or canister masks to filter smoke as they fought fires. Seventy-five years later, the Scott Air-Pak has become synonymous with self contained breathing apparatus within the U.S. fire service and is used every day by hundreds of thousands of U.S. firefighters in a majority of the most populated cities in America, including New York, Boston, Washington D.C., and Phoenix. It is the premier SCBA in the U.S. and was crucial to the search and rescue efforts during 9/11 in New York and Washington D.C. Since its humble beginnings as an aviation components manufacturer in Earl Scott's basement, Scott has grown to become the premiere manufacturer of innovative respiratory and other personal protective equipment and safety devices for industrial workers, police squads, militaries, homeland security forces, rescue teams and firefighters around the world.