Protective apparel maker Total Fire Group acquires American Firewear
04 Feb '06
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American Fireware Products
Dayton, Ohio - based Total Fire Group announced that it has acquired American Firewear Inc a firefighter and rescue worker safety apparel manufacturer.
Total Fire Group believes the acquisition makes them the largest producer worldwide in most if not all of their key product lines.
Terms of the acquisition, between the two companies, were not disclosed.
Total Fire Group is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of protective clothing, equipment, and allied products for first responders in a variety of emergency service fields.
Included are clothing, helmets, hoods, gloves, footwear, "Kore Kooler" rehab chairs, and a state-of- the-art thermal imaging camera.
American Firewear, based in Ohatchee, Alabama, manufactures a wide variety of complementary products, including gloves, hoods, equipment bags, wildland gear, extrication gear, jumpsuits and suspenders.
Total Fire Group is the manufacturing resource in the "Project HEROES" team assembled by the IAFF.
Other participants include leading fire service organizations and major academic institutions - International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), International Personnel Protection, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), University of Arkansas, and University of Massachusetts.
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