In 2016, a 20-year-old male volunteer firefighter in North Carolina died after he ran out of air and became disoriented while fighting a fire in a commercial strip mall. In 2018, a firefighter in Connecticut died from asphyxia due to a lack of breathing air, which also led to a cardiac arrest. In 2022, two firefighters died from asphyxia and thermal injuries in a house fire in Pennsylvania.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, asphyxiation was the fourth leading cause of death in 2022. This underscores the severity for first responders in emergency scenarios. Lifeline Firehose is committed to bringing fatalities and injuries from a lack of continuous breathable air to zero.
The Lifeline Firehose and its associated equipment have been tried and tested by various fire departments and are used today to provide a redundant and continuous supply of breathable air.