Fire Safety Innovator Calls Competitors to Meet New ANSI/ISEA National Standard

NEW YORK, NY, Nov 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
Elmridge Protection Products, manufacturers of the iEvac -- the only U.S.
certified, life-saving air-purifying escape hood that provides the
protection and time needed to escape from harmful fire-related gases,
particles and physical hazards -- announced today that it is calling upon
other Respiratory Protective Escape Devices (RPEDs) manufacturers to meet
the current American National Standard, in order to ensure the consumer
market has safe choices in fire protection.

The iEvac is currently the only product on the market that meets and
exceeds the American National Standard ANSI/ISEA 110, which tests RPEDs on
their ability to both withstand the environment produced by a fire, as
well as protect the wearer against toxic gases, harmful particulates and
life-threatening physical hazards.

"There are a number of products on the market making wildly inaccurate
claims about their ability to provide breathable, filtered air to a person
evacuating a fire. Continuing to make these assertions without submitting
their products for testing under the new American Standard is, quite
frankly, irresponsible," said Ira Gurvitch, president of Elmridge
Protection Products. "Home, business and building owners need to feel the
products they are trusting with their safety in a fire will work as
promised. An emergency situation is not the time to find out that a
product doesn't deliver. This new standard ensures the products brought
into an evacuation plan will be the products that bring evacuees out
safely."

As the only product that can claim American certification, the iEvac has
been tested by Intertek, Assay Technology and the U.S. Army Research,
Development and Engineering Command, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center,
manufactured in an ISO 9001 facility and certified by Safety Equipment
Institute (SEI).

Qualified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the
Safety Act, as an anti-terrorism technology, iEvacs have been purchased
by the military; international, federal, state and local agencies; law
enforcement; major corporations, high-rise building management, consumers
and multi-dwelling building owners.

About iEvac

The iEvac is the only U.S. certified, life-saving air-purifying escape
hood that provides the protection and time needed to escape from harmful
fire-related gases, particles and physical hazards. The first fire hood to
extend professional protection to the consumer markets, the iEvac offers a
lifeline to residents and tenants of multi-dwelling units and office
buildings, concerned with safely navigating an escape route. It enables
people to avoid the inhalation of smoke and dangerous gases like carbon
monoxide -- the number one killer of people in fires. The iEvac, along
with a number of other life-safety solutions, are produced by Elmridge
Protection Products. Please visit http://www.elmridgeprotection.com for
more information.

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