This is how digital respiratory protection monitoring works

Daniela Obrecht, 09.08.2022
In cooperation with the Pizol Fire Department, this informative video on the use of our respiratory protection app Respirec was created. It can be used alone or in combination with Firetab Einsatz, our app for incident commanders. Our digital tools not only bring advantages during operations, but also after the operation for documentation.

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