The basic design of an analogue pressure gauge has not changed for many years and is immediately understandable even to the untrained eye. These gauges are used worldwide by firefighters for air pressure monitoring and are well-regarded for their simplicity and reliability. Therefore, any product intended as a replacement or substitute would need to be both intuitive and robust while offering a tangible improvement over the existing gauges.

 

The client's brief was to develop a digital pressure gauge (DPG) that could match and surpass the current levels of performance, while providing the user with additional information on consumption rate and time remaining until critical pressure levels are reached. This data can then be integrated into a broader Telemetry system used to monitor multiple firefighters from a safe location outside of the incident.

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