Kawasaki, IntoMetal team up to produce gas mask adapters for Nebraska State Patrol

Photo courtesy of NSP/KNOP-TV.

Two Lincoln, Neb., companies—Kawasaki Motors, a member of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., and IntoMetal—have partnered with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) to create an adapter that allows current gas masks to work with a different filter model. The product is expected to save thousands of pieces of PPE.

As reported by KNOP-TV, the adapters are being produced quickly with 3D printing. They will allow NSP troopers and investigators to use gas masks with reusable filters rather than N95 masks at crime scenes, since they are in short supply because of the COVID-19 pandemic.