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Greg Price: First Responders have
found a number of shortcomings

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in the existing gloves that have.
Right now structure gloves are bulky

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and they don't have that dexterity that
they need and if you think about the

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circumstances that they're under, they
have to be able to remove that glove

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quickly and get it back on quickly.
Old materials don't allow them to do that.

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Sean Ferrary: Most of the time when we
pulled them off after they were wet,

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the inside linings would come out or,
you'd get a little bit that pulls out

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then when you go to put it back
on it doesn't fit just right.

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Greg Price: So we found out from
First Responders what they really

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need in a structure glove through
the mechanism where we can meet

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with First Responders from across the
country, its called our First Responders

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Resource Group. We've improved
on and off ability, dexterity

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tactility, and we're meeting all of the
NFPA certification requirements.

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Antoine Trader: Overall impression,
I was really impressed by it. The

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dexterity you get from the glove the
amount of things you can feel, you know,

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get a proper grip. Everything you want
to do you can do it really comfortably.

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Steve Birnbaum: Compared to the gloves
I normally wear they certainly offer

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more dexterity, their lighter and I think
one of the most significant

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differences that I noticed is the
ease with which they can be

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doned and doffed when their wet.

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John McGowan: I didnt have to break
them in didnt have to do the old tricks

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where you have soak them, leave them
overnight under your pillow none of that.

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That extra leather part on the
index finger, I like that.

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Most other gloves you go to push a
button, say on a radio and it smushes

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when you push eight buttons.
That you can actually pinpoint.

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Greg Price: Some of the advantages
we're looking to give firefighters

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through this glove, is really to allow
firefighters to be able to work safer

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and faster in their environment.

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