Phoenix Protective Hood Live Chamber Smoke Test Sponsored by SafetyMatters, NYC Administered by Chief John Brown Nassau County, NY Fire Training Academy February 19, 2002 |
Test Participants Karen Nelson, Owner, SafetyMatters Marina Bloudyan, Phoenix Inventor Boris Goldstein, Phoenix Director of Marketing KJ, Administrator of Phoenix' LA office |
Chief Brown chose the bridge of an old ship (used for Marine Training), rather than the much larger Smokehouse, as Test Chamber. Gases would then take less time to reach lethal levels. Here Nelson and Chief Brown discuss test protocol. |
Participants were accompanied by Fire Professionals in full gear, wearing audio equipment in order to communicate with Firefighters outside the chamber. |
Inside the darkened chamber, Firefighters would ask participants to call out their name and condition every half-minute or so. The "All OK" was then conveyed to the Chief on the outside. After 17 minutes had passed, Chief Brown ended the test, although no one inside was experiencing discomfort. |
Marina was first to exit. (Notice smoke level and density.) |
Boris and Karen exit chamber, followed by remaining Firefighter. Lab tests on blood samples (taken before and after the event) indicated no harmful increase in CO level, after nearly 20 minutes of exposure. |
" It's truly remarkable. I never thought it was possible for a fabric filter to repel carbon monoxide. I see a lot of these 'smoke hoods'. They come and go. But after seeing [the Phoenix Protective Hood] work with my own eyes, I'm a believer that this device can save lives." Fire Chief John Brown Nassau County, NY, Fire Training Academy |
| Karen Nelson is eternally grateful to all the Fire Chiefs across the States and the years, who furthered the Cause for civilian personal preparedness and protection, by agreeing to administer tests and demonstrations of equipment in genuine smoke conditions. See: |
The purpose of this test was for Phoenix Corporation to demonstrate ( and a potential distributor to test ) the performance of the Phoenix Protective Hood, a small, portable filter mask, in high levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO), the Number One killer in fire smoke. |
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