Blizzard Protection Systems Products Are Being Deployed Extensively World-Wide:

• British Army.
• British Royal Marines.
• RAF [pilot survival kits].
• RAF Mountain Rescue.
• UK all forces Search & Rescue services.
• US Army.
• US Special Forces Medics.

Into Action With The US Army

Thousands of Blizzard Survival Blankets are being deployed by front line units in Iraq and Afghanistan, as part of a new strategy to eliminate avoidable deaths on the battlefield.

‘Use Blizzard Survival Blanket First' Says Trauma Guide

US Army medics are now trained to wrap casualties in Blizzard Survival Blankets as their first response to preventing hypothermia in trauma cases - even in hot weather.

The Blizzard Survival Blanket is recommended as the first choice for keeping casualties warm by the 2007 Prehospital Trauma Life Support Military Version Sixth Edition (PHTLS Military Version 6E), produced by the globally respected National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).

PHTLS says medics' initial response to trauma cases should be: “After any immediate life-threatening issues are addressed, wet clothes should be replaced with dry clothes, if possible, and the casualty should be wrapped in a Blizzard Survival Blanket.”

Hypothermia in trauma cases occurs regardless of ambient temperature, PHTLS says, and prevention is far easier than correcting it: so stopping heat loss should begin as soon as possible after wounding.

The guide places the Blizzard Survival Blanket first in a ‘hierarchical equipment list for prevention and treatment of hypothermia'.

Blizzard products represents a step change in the way both civilian and military trauma cases should be treated.

Blizzard Wins Royal Marines Arctic Trials

A report by the British Royal Marines has proved that Blizzard Survival Bags are up four times more effective in cold weather warfare conditions than current issue UK army survival bags.

The three day trials were conducted in Arctic Norway, at temperatures down to -13°C (8.6°F).

They also showed that our Reflexcell™ material kept soldiers warm up to three times longer than bivvy bags commonly used by civilian mountaineers.

Pilots Bank On Blizzard For Personal Survival

British Army pilots of the new AH-64 Apache helicopter will carry Blizzard Survival Bags in their personal survival packs (PSPs) when they go into service in Afghanistan.

Our bags are also being recommended as standard equipment for the new Eurofighter Typhoon and Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA).

The Blizzard Survival Bag's small pack size makes it ideal for personal survival kits on new generations of aircraft.

The deployment in Apaches and recommendation for fighters follows trials at RAF St. Mawgan's Defence Survival, Evasion Resistance & Extraction Training Organisation.

They proved that the Blizzard Survival Bag is the only product in the world to provide effective protection against the elements for downed and injured aircrew, while being small enough to pack into the cockpits of new generations of aircraft.

The Blizzard Survival Bag has been chosen for the Apache because, unlike air force pilots, British Army pilots have to carry combat equipment with them in the cockpit. This leaves less room for personal survival packs.

RAF St. Mawgan has recommended the bags for the Typhoon and JCA because their cold weather PSPs do not have space for conventional sleeping bags carried in earlier aircraft.

The Blizzard Survival Bag is the only product available which will fit the new packs and enable crew, who may be shocked, injured and ejecting into poor weather conditions, to survive for up to 72 hours.