Patent ID: 8745792

Claim:
An emergency extraction device for firefighters, comprising: a board configured to encase a firefighter in full protective gear, said full protective gear including at least a helmet and an air bottle; said board having an air bottle well and a helmet well, wherein the air bottle well and the helmet are integral with each other, the helmet well having a width greater than a width of the air bottle well; said board having a base and left and right lateral sleeves extending upwardly from the base; said board having a headboard with entanglement protection in the form of at least two wing guards, the wing guards being movably connected to each of the left and the right hand sides of the headboard; and a harness system located adjacent the wells, the harness system comprising at least two shoulder straps, each of the at least two shoulder straps being threaded through a subsurface strap channel located in the board, a lock and cam located at a terminal end of each of the subsurface strap channels, and wherein each of the straps have a pull portion extending beyond their respective lock and cam.