FDIC was a great opportunity for Mustang to hear feedback from so many people who use our gear as part of their job. It was also a chance for us to learn about other products that would interest people that use our gear.

One of those products that I came across at FDIC was the Ram-Air Gear Dryer, a vertical dryer used by Fire Departments to quickly dry gear after use and have ready for the next mission. I stopped by the Ram-Air booth and met with company president, Lance Dornn, to see one of the dryers for myself.

Lance uses Mustang’s Ice Commander Ice Rescue Suit to demonstrate how his company’s dryers work. Instead of using heat, the Ram-Air Dryer uses pressure forced, ambient air which can even get into those hard to reach places including the insides of gloves! The dryer has an automatic timer that can be set for up to 12 hours so that you can control drying time based on what type of gear needs to be dried.

Does your department use the Ram-Air Dryer? Leave a comment on OutThere and tell other Mustang users how it works for you!

For more information about Ram-Air and their dryers, visit www.ramairgeardryer.com.

If you remember back in February I went to Ice Rescue Training at Lifesaving Resources in New Hampshire to shoot a new video for the Mustang Survival Ice Commander. The editing is now complete and we can share the video with you.

You can see other of our videos on our YouTube Channel. We’d love to hear your feedback on this or any of our other videos.

This ice rescue story was passed to us by Gerry Dworkin of Lifesaving Resources. Alexander Nicholas, a graduate of their Ice Rescue Train-the-Trainer Academy is a volunteer firefighter for the Village of Greenwood Lake who trains their team for incidents like these. He also took part in the rescue.

From Time-Herald Record:

Police rescued four men who were stranded ice fishing on Greenwood Lake yesterday afternoon, including two that fell through the ice.

Detective Sgt. John Hansen said the men had been ice fishing on the lake, about 200 feet from shore, in the morning and were trying to get back to shore as the ice softened during the day when one fell through the ice.

Greenwood Lake’s ice police rescue unit pulled the man from the water.

Another man fell through the ice trying to reach police and was pulled from the water. Hansen said the rescue operation took about 45 minutes.

The four men received medical attention at the scene, but refused to be taken to the hospital.

(Photos by Ed Bailey. Click on the photo to see more pictures.)