Weckworth Langdon - "A New Generation In Fire Protection"

At CHIEF, we carry quality equipment and gear that is essential to firefighters' mission of protecting lives and property, and more importantly, the equipment and gear they need to protect themselves. Nothing we carry addresses this issue more completely than our full line of Wildland Firefighting products. And, no one takes the performance of these products more seriously than Weckworth-Langdon, where New Generation Fire Shelters are manufactured to U.S. Forest Service specifications.

Weckworth Langdon can trace its roots back to 1887. In the early 1990s, the company doubled the size of their facility. Today, 60%-65% of their sales are to the U.S. Government and our military troops.

Trusted by Top Corporations and the U.S. Government

In addition to U.S. Forest Service specification fire shelters, Weckworth-Langdon manufactures bags, harnesses, holsters and other essential gear that our public safety and military professionals use at home and abroad. They hold the status of "Preferred Supplier" to Boeing, St. Louis, as well as Northrop Grumman as a subcontractor. Weckworth-Langdon is also a "Supplier in Good Standing" for Boeing Defense and Space Group, producing covers for the inlets, exhaust and thrust reversers on jet engines for military and commercial aircraft. Weckworth-Langdon even manufactures oil rig shelters for protection from the elements on oil drilling rigs.

With so much trust placed in Weckworth Langdon by large corporations and the U.S. Government, it's no wonder they became one of the few companies to produce to produce The New Generation Fire Shelter. According to the National Fire and Aviation Executive Board (NFAEB), Federal Agencies should be transitioned to the New Generation Fire Shelter by January 1, 2009. All agencies, cooperators and contracted resources are to be transitioned by January 1, 2010.

Thanks to companies like Weckworth Langdon, CHIEF is in the position to offer you not only the best service in the industry, but the best life-saving products you'll find anywhere.

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