The Drager PSS AirBoss offers best-in-class ergonomics and is one of the lightest weight-breathing apparatus for firefighting. Lessons learned from firefighters worldwide and the latest technological innovations have led us to design an even safer and cleaner SCBA system that enables you to breathe more easily and for longer.
CONFIGURATIONS
The PSS AirBoss is available in three standard configurations.
- PSS AirBoss Active, with a mechanical gauge, gives you the lowest weight and simplicity.
- PSS AirBoss Agile, with an integrated PASS device, offers you increased safety features.
- PSS AirBoss Connect, with advanced sensors and compatibility with Drager FireGround, offers you maximum situational awareness.
USABILITY
Excellent fit:
The Drager PSS AirBoss ergonomics significantly reduce the physical strain of carrying SCBAs. Some key features include height adjustment, a pivoting and sliding waist belt, and an easily adjustable harness that fits every shape and size of firefighter. The durable space frame design offers you a low weight and low profile while maintaining the SCBA’s centre of gravity and putting it in an optimum position for greater weight distribution.
Due to its low weight and class-leading ergonomics, you benefit from reduced stress and fatigue, which leads to lower air consumption. Moreover, the PSS AirBoss offers different routing options for the LDV, gauge, and rescue hoses over each shoulder and waist belt to provide your preferred fit. The easy-to-connect reducer handwheel simplifies cylinder removal and fitting. A cylinder Quick Connect option further shortens the time for cylinder changeouts. Our universal cylinder strap allows single or twin-cylinder configurations. We developed a new universal cylinder strap and buckle for a fast cylinder exchange, keeping your SCBA secure. This conveniently offers you the option of single and twin cylinders using a single system for extended operations.
SAFETY+
Enhanced safety:
The PSS AirBoss comes with large reflective surfaces, thus increasing firefighters’ visibility and making locating team members in distress easier. Equipping the PSS AirBoss with a Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) further increases this effect. It positions buddy lights at the front and back of the SCBA. Furthermore, the PASS draws attention to firefighters in distress by generating distinctive visual and acoustic alert signals – when motionless, when reaching low air, experiencing high thermal stress or activating the manual distress signal.
Next to the wearer’s position, the buddy lights can also indicate the remaining pressure of the air cylinder by emitting different colours, giving team members critical information at a glance. The PASS’ automatic switch-on feature activates upon cylinder opening – so its activation cannot be forgotten.
To improve your safety, we also designed an integrated anti-entanglement system to help prevent wires and cables from getting snagged between the cylinder and the backplate. In addition, the PSS AirBoss is equipped with grab handles for firefighter extraction and rescue.
The PSS AirBoss Agile can additionally be equipped with a Head-up Display. Always within the field of view, the Head–up Display gives firefighters continuous hands-free information on air consumption, enabling them to operate uninterrupted.
CONNECTIVITY
Automatic Accountability System:
Our state-of-the-art automatic accountability system, Drager FireGround, supplies the incident commanders (IC) with live information from SCBA wearers –ensuring that all SCBA wearers are accounted for at every incident.
The Drager FireGround gives ICs an additional, nonverbal means of communication with their team. The PSS AirBoss Connect can be equipped with a built-in radio for data transmission, connecting each wearer to the Drager FireGround. Please see our separate Drager FireGround brochure or the infographic below for more detailed information about our automatic accountability system.
Data logging:
The PSS AirBoss PASS devices have a data logger that automatically logs alerts, air pressure, battery status, and other vital information. Furthermore, this data, the entry control officer’s notes, and other information are logged in the Drager FireGround. This multi-stage data logging makes it simple to record and access post-incident reviews in all circumstances.
Bluetooth capability:
Driven by forward-thinking technology, we have engineered the PSS AirBoss Connect with a Bluetooth interface to ensure the foundations are set for future compatibility with upcoming Drager innovations.
SERVICEABILITY
Easy to clean:
The PSS AirBoss uses low-absorbent and liquid-repellent harness materials that absorb fewer contaminants. Its streamlined design minimises dirt traps, making cleaning the SCBA extremely easy. Furthermore, the complete SCBA is machine washable, and Drager’s warranty backs up the Drager cleaning process. For you, this means a significant decrease in equipment downtime.
Simplified processes:
All critical components have RFID tags to help the workshop technician maintain asset management and support quick turnarounds. Thanks to its Plug & Play design, the critical components of the PSS AirBoss can be quickly and easily disassembled for service without the need to use tools. To save you time before operations, we included a new electronic high-pressure leak test that ensures operational readiness and reduces air consumption during daily checks.
Flexible battery logistics:
Depending on the type of PASS device you add, the PSS AirBoss is powered by primary power cells or rechargeable batteries. In stand-alone operation, the primary power cells have a one-year lifetime and should be exchanged with every annual SCBA test. The battery life is approximately six months if the automatic accountability system FireGround is used. The rechargeable batteries can be charged while the SCBA is mounted inside the fire engine or separately in a desk-top charger.
Order Information
| Drager PSS AirBoss Active with a mechanical gauge | |
| 3716228 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 SCS NHA |
| 3709501 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 SCS HA |
| 3716229 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 TCS NHA |
| 3709502 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 TCS HA |
| 3716234 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 QC TCS NHA |
| 3716226 | Drager PSS AirBoss Active with mechanical gauge W/MAP G5/8 QC TCS |
| 3712921 | Configurator |
| Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge | |
| 3716230 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP G5/8 SCS NHA |
| 3709503 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP G5/8 SCS HA |
| 3716231 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP G5/8 TCS FHA |
| 3709504 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP G5/8 TCS HA |
| 3723408 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP QC TCS NHA |
| 3716227 | Drager PSS AirBoss Agile with mechanical/transmitting gauge W/MAP QC TCS HA |
| 3712922 | Configurator |
| Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge | |
| 3721876 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 SCS NHA |
| 3721353 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 SCS HA |
| 3723126 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 TCS NHA |
| 3721354 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 TCS HA |
| 3721877 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP QC TCS NHA |
| 3721398 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (EU 869 MHz) W/MAP QC TCS HA |
| 3723120 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 SCS NHA |
| 3721350 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 SCS HA |
| 3723122 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 TCS NHA |
| 3721352 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP G5/8 TCS HA |
| 3723123 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP QC TCS NHA |
| 3721396 | Drager PSS AirBoss Connect with digital gauge (UK 469 MHz) W/MAP QC TCS HA |
| 3712923 | Configurator |
| Carrying System Upgrade Kits | |
| 3721936 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit WW TCS NHA |
| 3721937 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit W/MAP TCS NHA |
| 3721938 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit WW SCS NHA |
| 3721939 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit W/MAP SCS NHA |
| 3721940 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit WW TCS HA |
| 3721941 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit W/MAP TCS HA |
| 3721942 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit WW SCS HA |
| 3721943 | Drager PSS AirBoss Upgrade Kit W/MAP SCS HA |
| 3721944 | Drager PSS AirBoss Spare Backplate assembly NHA |
| 3721945 | Drager PSS AirBoss Spare Backplate assembly HA |
| Glossary | |
| G5/8 = DIN cylinder thread connection | |
| QC = cylinder quick connect | |
| WW = webbing waist pad | |
| W/MAP = multi-attachment waist pad, with pivoting and sliding waist belt (standard/default version) | |
| HA = height adjustable backplate | |
| NHA = non-height adjustable backplate, with pivoting waist belt | |
| SCS = single cylinder strap | |
| TCS = twin or universal cylinder strap |
