Office of the State Fire Marshall and MABAS- Illinois project summary.
Atmospheric monitor (4–Gas) project
In cooperation with the Illinois office of the State Fire Marshall, MABAS-IL has received funding to provide Atmospheric monitoring equipment (4–gas) to Illinois fire departments.
Atmospheric monitoring for hazardous conditions is a critical level of service that the public expects local fire agencies to provide. This level of service is very common in fire departments with adequate budget support but may be lacking in financially challenged departments or districts.
MABAS-Il provides monitoring support for Hazardous Materials teams statewide and by utilizing the same brand of 4–gas monitor, will leverage a network of calibration stations to provide support to participating agencies. These monitors will have a warranty of 5 years and an expected life span of 5-7 years.
MABAS-IL has 385 Drager 4–gas monitors, that we will inventory, label, and provide basic end user training and distribution to Illinois fire departments. We will identify the closest calibration station and provide calibration gases. We will identify potential participants by setting priorities. Priority 1 would include all fire service agencies with annual budgets of under $250,000. Priority 2 would be agencies above that threshold.
Please fill out the 4-gas project request form.
We will schedule regional delivery and training once we have a list of eligible agencies. I anticipate the distribution will mostly be at conferences or meetings that MABAS attends over the next several months.
If you have questions, please contact us.
Don Davids
President, MABAS-IL
davids@mabas-il.org
