Category: Technology

Lithium Battery Tool Performance & Safety in Firefighting

Managing battery health and ensuring proper charging practices are crucial for maintaining the performance, power, and longevity of battery-powered tools in fire services. Here’s an expanded breakdown of why these practices are so important:   Maintaining Optimal Performance Battery Efficiency: Over time, batteries lose their efficiency if not properly maintained. Ensuring batteries are charged correctly […]

RAMFAN & Kraken Power Tour Recap and What’s Next!

October 14, 2024 RAMFAN and Kraken Power training staff and Power Tour attendees pause for a group photo during the course at the Bilbao, Spain. The RAMFAN & Kraken Power Tour has been a resounding success, with completed stops in Spain, France, Canada, and the US. Fire departments and first responders in each country have […]

Why is it critical to specify propose-built battery packs for fire fighting PPV fans?

Get the most out of your battery packs with this Li-ion battery management system

This wireless app system helps departments understand batteries better, use them smarter, and dispose of them safely RAMFAN By Robert Avsec for FireRescue1 BrandFocus Fire departments are always looking for power equipment that’s lighter, takes up less compartment space on its fire apparatus and more ergonomic (i.e., less of a physiological stress on the firefighter […]

Fully Charged

Battery power comes to the Fire Service, but gaps still exist on the way to full adoption. For the better part of a decade, we’ve all become acutely aware that CO-emissions have been linked to increasing cancer rates among first responders. The combination of this realization and the advance of energy storage into the realm […]

Next Generation GX350 PPV Fan, Now with Negative Tilt

PRODUCT NEWS   Product: GX350 PPV Fan: GH5020   RAMFAN has upgraded their flagship PPV gas fan with several new features to provide increased frame durability, functionality with added negative frame tilt and adapters for using foam and ducting systems. The product engineering team takes input from firefighting end-users and dealers in producing product enhancements, […]

Why can’t rescue tool battery packs be used on a PPV fan?

When you peel back the obviously cool, headlining design features of IP67/68 ratings for immersion in water, you find that the two leading brands of rescue tools in the world both use similar battery pack design—electrically speaking. With nominal voltages of 25.2 VDC—or 28 VDC fully charged—both battery packs are built with a similar 7S […]

How to Calculate Battery Power Tool Run Times – Understanding what’s inside a battery

Power = Watts Higher voltage means more power, right? Not quite… Power is measured in watts (W), and watts are calculated by multiplying voltage (V) by the current (amps, A). It’s possible to get the same power, for example, from an 18V battery and a 54V battery—but the 54V pack will do it with 2/3 […]

BATTERY COMPATABILITY: Why is it critical to specify purpose-built battery packs for firefighting PPV fans?

Since we launched the original RAMFAN EX50Li in 2017, we’ve been writing a story that has never been written before in the firefighting industry. From a clean sheet design, we mapped out what basic requirements would be necessary to integrate into our fan design. Some were easy: Compact dimensions, lightweight, 15+ year useful life as […]

AMCA Verified Airflow in DC Power Supply for Battery-Powered Fans

We at Euramco Group constantly strive to build the best, most durable, high-performance ventilators for our customer’s specialty applications. In the fire market, the advent of battery-powered PPV fans has certainly disrupted the industry in many ways. New technologies have shifted engineering focus and supply chains. Simplicity of operation has led to the increase in […]