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Tempest EBS-16 Confined Space Ventilation Fan: Explosion-Proof Negative Pressure Ventilation for Industrial Hazardous Locations Confined space entry failures rarely happen because the work crew was careless. They happen because the ventilation equipment was too large to position correctly, too weak to clear a deep vessel before entry, or simply not rated for a flammable atmosphere. … Read more

Tempest VS-1.2D DEWALT Battery PPV Fan: 9,614 CFM Positive Pressure Ventilation on a Familiar Battery Platform Fire departments have been burned before by proprietary battery ecosystems: a battery PPV fan arrives on scene, its custom cells are depleted, and there is no compatible charger on the rig. The Tempest VS-1.2D solves that problem in the … Read more

Tempest EASY 2000 Large Flow Ventilation Fan: 84,000 CFM Industrial Airflow for Fire Ground and Hazardous Site Operations Most portable ventilation fans top out between 10,000 and 20,000 CFM. That ceiling is acceptable for residential structure fires or small confined spaces. It is not acceptable when you are trying to clear a 500,000-square-foot warehouse filled … Read more

Tempest VentMaster K1 Battery Cutoff Saw: Precision Depth Control for Fire Ground Ventilation A gasoline saw that won’t start in the first ten seconds of a roof ventilation operation is not a tool problem. It is a tactics problem. Crews lose those seconds to priming, choking, and pull-cord attempts while smoke conditions deteriorate below them. … Read more

Tempest Direct Drive Gasoline PPV Fans: Belt-Free Positive Pressure Ventilation for Fire and Industrial Use Every second a fire company spends hunting for a working outlet, untangling extension cords, or diagnosing a slipping belt drive is a second smoke stays inside a structure. Positive pressure ventilation works only as fast as the fan you can … Read more

Tempest VentMaster Chainsaws: Purpose-Built Fire Ground Ventilation with Cobalt Guide Bar Technology A standard consumer chainsaw was never designed to cut through nail-embedded roof decking at 0200 hours with smoke obscuring your sightline and seconds mattering. The wrong saw stalls on composite materials, buries its bar in debris-packed cuts, or lets a firefighter over-penetrate a … Read more

Tempest BB-16 Battery PPV Fan: 10,940 CFM Cordless Ventilation for Structural Fire Operations Positive pressure ventilation on a working structural fire does not wait for an extension cord. When crews are pushing smoke out of a two-story residential or clearing a confined industrial space, a gas-powered PPV fan introduces fuel load and exhaust into the … Read more

Tempest VentMaster Cutoff Saws: Purpose-Built Fire Ground Ventilation on Husqvarna K770 and K970 Platforms Roof ventilation under live fire is not the place to discover that your saw bogs out at depth, your blade selection was wrong for the substrate, or your cut went three inches deeper than intended into a utility chase. Fire departments … Read more

Husqvarna 540i XP Battery Chainsaw: Tempest Fire Rescue Cutting Tool for Structural Ventilation and Collapse Operations Gasoline chainsaws have served fire rescue crews for decades, but they carry a specific set of operational liabilities that become serious problems at the wrong moments. A flooded carburetor at scene, exhaust fumes accumulating in a partially collapsed structure, … Read more

Tempest Variable Speed Electric PPV Fan: High-CFM Ventilation with NEMA-4 Protection for Fire and Industrial Use Gasoline PPV fans move serious air, but they come with real trade-offs: exhaust fumes inside a structure, fuel logistics, combustion noise that drowns radio communication, and outright prohibition in any environment with flammable vapors. The Tempest Variable Speed Electric … Read more