Apparatus Air compressor
 
Manufacturer Bauer
Year 1998
Purpose Refill SCBA, SCUBA and storage cylinders.
Capacity 13.2 SCFM
Horsepower 10
Description The Unicus II Prodigy series Bauer air compressor fills our SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) to 4,500 psi and SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) to 3,000 psi. We can also charge the three large storage tanks carried on Rescue 5 for fireground refills.

Important features: it fills three tanks at a time; a safety containment fragmentation drawer protects firefighters in the event of a cylinder failure under pressure; an automatic CO detector prevents "bad" air from entering tanks.

As an additional safety measure we have the compressor’s air quality tested quarterly by a laboratory.