Honeywell MaskMate Hood - Model HD-NXNX-SQ

NOMEX

The Honeywell MaskMate Firefighter Hood offers maximum comfort while stowed by providing the largest face opening and yet at the same time maintaining its third party certified designation for universal fit to all brands of air masks currently on the market. All that at no extra cost.

Features:

• Nomex Shell
• Square Bib
• Notched Shoulders
• Full Drape
• Adaptive Design Face Opening - Widest field of view; greatly improved peripheral vision; effective interface and overlap with edge of air mask lens; most comfortable to wear stowed around neck
• Comfort Top Pattern (Patented) - Eliminates front to rear seam on peak of head
• Unique Differentiated Construction - Easy and faster for Routine and Advanced Inspections; easier to maintain and separate in inventories; easily identifiable when issued and/or in use
• Multiple Patents/Patents Pending - Assure customer they will get Honeywell design and quality

The hood design requirements in NFPA 1971 date back to the pre-nose-cup and even the pre-positive-pressure era. Air masks of that time were far more oval or circular in shape, and the hood design requirements reflected that. Since then, air masks have continuously evolved and today are anything but oval or circular. They also incorporate attachments for communication devices and other options.

Traditional hood designs can contribute to field-of-view reduction by creating a face opening that often bunches up and is uncomfortably snug around the neck. The Honeywell MaskMate Hood improves the air mask-to-hood interface with an opening that adapts to face size and shape. The new design is engineered to maximize field of view without compromising an effective and safe overlap between the hood and the edge of any contemporary air mask lens or gasket.

Certification - NFPA 1971