Draeger

Made for America Isn't a Label. It's a Result.

American firefighting doesn't leave room for equipment that just gets by. Aggressive interior attacks, long work cycles, heavy rescues, constant mutual aid — the job demands gear built from experience, not theory. Meeting that standard took more than adapting an existing SCBA platform. It took listening.

Dräger has been in the U.S. since 1907, supporting American fire departments with breathing apparatus since 1915. From early smoke helmets to today's positive-pressure systems, that history was built on the fireground — in training towers, inside burn buildings, alongside the firefighters who wear the gear. Over a century, that proximity taught us what breaks, what lasts, and what earns trust when everything else fails.

AirBoss is the product of that same commitment. Over the past several years, Dräger engineers worked hands-on with 50+ fire departments across the country — urban, rural, career, volunteer, combination. Prototypes were worn under load, crawled through, climbed in, and pushed through evolutions built to find weak points. Feedback was blunt. Changes were real. Updated systems went back into the field and got tested again.

Made for America means shaped by American firefighters — not adapted after the fact, not compromised for convenience. It means reinforcing what has to hold, refining what has to move, and backing it all with U.S.-based service that keeps SCBAs in rotation.

AirBoss earns its place on American firefighter backs the same way it was built: through repetition, pressure, and a refusal to settle.