Draeger has announced that the London Fire Brigade has placed with it a substantial order, encompassing PSS 7000 breathing apparatus sets, together with FPS 7000 face masks, PSS Bodyguard 7000 electronic monitoring systems, and PSS Merlin Telemetry boards. Believed to be unique, the order also includes newly developed 8-litre, 300-bar cylinders, which are said to provide half an hour working duration at 50 litres/minute breathing rate.