General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 ALUMINUM FOIL LAMINATED GLASS CLOTH, WITH POLYVINYL BAG/.2 CANVAS? CASE WITH PLASTIC LINER, METAL BELT CLIPS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.5 cm

Width

16.0 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Weckworth Langdon

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

1995-2001

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN PARATTACK FIREFIGHTERS. IN 2002, B.C. FOREST SERVICE OPERATES ONLY EXISTING CANADIAN PROGRAMME OF RECRUITMENT & TRAINING FOR SMOKEJUMPING OR PARATTACK. IT BEGAN AS PILOT PROJECT USING FORMER YUKON SMOKEJUMPERS AT SMITHERS, BC & LATER MOVED TO FORT ST. JOHN.

Function

ALUMINIZED TENT OFFERING PROTECTION BY MEANS OF REFLECTING RADIANT HEAT & PROVIDING VOLUME OF BREATHABLE AIR TO FIREFIGHTERS TRAPPED IN WILD FIRE. SHELTER DID NOT PROTECT AGAINST CONVECTIVE HEAT FROM FLAMES OR HOT GASES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF FIRST GENERATION OFFIREFIGHTER'S FIRE SHELTER, DESIGNED TO PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS FROM RADIANT HEAT. IN EARLY 2002 THIS TYPE OF SHELTER WAS BEING REPLACED BY SIMILAR ONE WITH MORE DURABLE OPENING TABS; AT SAME TIME NEW & MORE PROTECTIVE SHELTER WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY U.S. FORESTRY DEPT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON CASE EXTERIOR READS "NFPA 1977" & "FIRE SHELTER"/ PAPER LABEL INSIDE BAG READS IN PART "THIS WILDLAND FIRE SERVICE PROTECTIVE FIRE SHELTER MEETS THE/ REQUIREMENTS OF NFPA, 1977 STANDARD ON PROTECTIVE CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT FOR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING, 1993 EDITION" & "WECKWORTH/LANGDON, LOT # C0001, MADE IN U.S.A., MATERIALS MADE IN U.S.A., MANUFACTURED 1995" WITH DEPLOYMENT & USE WARNING/.2 INTERIOR LABEL READS IN PART "CASE, CARRYING/ FIRE SHELTER/ WECKWORTH/LANGDON/ LOT # C0001, 9/95"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/06/2001 by Sue Warren: No - Complete

Finish

.1 METALLIC SHELTER, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT BAG WITH RED OPENING TABS/.2 CASE WITH PLASTIC LINER, METAL BELT CLIPS

Decoration

N/A