Gold Medal for Morgan National Safety Hood

Gold Medal for Morgan National Safety Hood

The National Safety Device Company was awarded a gold medal at the Second International Exposition of Safety and Sanitation held in December in New York City, for the Morgan National Safety Hood and Smoke Protector, which device is to enable any one to enter a room filled with smoke or gas and is particularly adapted for use in fire departments. In a booklet issued by the company and entitled "Through Smoke and Fumes with Safety” the company says in describing the device: "Upon entering a room where there is no fresh air to be found near the floor or if the smoke or gas is rising from the floor below or between the cracks in the floor, you can prevent the smoke or gas from entering the intake of the helmet by placing the cork that is on the top in the round hole on the top of the helmet, which is known as the outlet, and then if necessary you can close the intake by buckling the flap over the end of the intake; by doing this it will enable anyone to remain anywhere, it matters not how much smoke or gas is in the room, for fifteen minutes. You are then freely breathing fresh air that is already in the hood. But in ordinary smoke or gas, leave both ends of the helmet open until you begin to smell the smoke, and then close both ends. Should you be in a room on the third floor of a burning building and want fresh air, go to a window and place the tail of the helmet out, remove the cork on the top of the helmet and it will fill up with fresh air from the outside. This can be done by the individual wearing the helmet without coming down the stairs or without leaving the smoke-filled room. The wearer of this helmet can see. speak, and hear plainly and has free use of his hands and feet, thus enabling him to work freely.”

The National Safety Device Company was awarded a gold medal at the Second International Exposition of Safety and Sanitation held in December in New York City, for the Morgan National Safety Hood and Smoke Protector, which device is to enable any one to enter a room filled with smoke or gas and is particularly adapted for use in fire departments. In a booklet issued by the company and entitled "Through Smoke and Fumes with Safety” the company says in describing the device: "Upon entering a room where there is no fresh air to be found near the floor or if the smoke or gas is rising from the floor below or between the cracks in the floor, you can prevent the smoke or gas from entering the intake of the helmet by placing the cork that is on the top in the round hole on the top of the helmet, which is known as the outlet, and then if necessary you can close the intake by buckling the flap over the end of the intake; by doing this it will enable anyone to remain anywhere, it matters not how much smoke or gas is in the room, for fifteen minutes. You are then freely breathing fresh air that is already in the hood. But in ordinary smoke or gas, leave both ends of the helmet open until you begin to smell the smoke, and then close both ends. Should you be in a room on the third floor of a burning building and want fresh air, go to a window and place the tail of the helmet out, remove the cork on the top of the helmet and it will fill up with fresh air from the outside. This can be done by the individual wearing the helmet without coming down the stairs or without leaving the smoke-filled room. The wearer of this helmet can see. speak, and hear plainly and has free use of his hands and feet, thus enabling him to work freely.”