Ira Gurvitch, President of Elmridge is pleased to announce that the Department of Homeland Security has selected Elmridge as the winner of the Escape Respirator Challenge!
After fifteen months of research, development, prototyping and presentation, Elmridge was selected by the Department of Homeland Security as the winner of the Escape Respirator Challenge. This enables Elmridge to continue working closely with DHS in developing its’ next generation Escape Respirator, expected to be introduced to the market in 2021.
The Challenge was open to all manufacturers in the respiratory industry, bringing both large and small corporations to compete for the opportunity to work with DHS on the next generation escape respirator.
This is a major accomplishment for Elmridge and continues to strengthen our ongoing partnership with DHS.
You can view the announcement here