Emergency response equipment supplier in Malaysia: ERT, fire and rescue
Fire helmets, firefighter protective clothing and thermal imaging cameras for emergency response teams.
TopBorneo is an emergency response equipment supplier in Malaysia, working from its offices in Labuan and Kota Kinabalu.
The range covers fire helmets, firefighter protective clothing and thermal imaging cameras from MSA, plus the breathing apparatus and the rescue team equipment that goes with them. Most items are quoted against your list, at the level the team needs: a full MSA set for a front line crew, a lighter one for standby cover, and part of the range can be rented instead of bought.
Kit for an emergency response team
What is in this range
Fire helmets
Structural fire helmets from the MSA and Bullard ranges, with visors, neck protection and lighting, for plant and platform response teams.
Firefighter protective clothing
Jackets, trousers, hoods, gloves and boots for a response team, quoted per crew with sizes.
Thermal imaging cameras
Hand held cameras that show heat through smoke, for finding a person or a hot spot. Supplied from the MSA and Bullard ranges and serviced.
Why work with TopBorneo
Tell us the job, the site and the crew. We work out what fits instead of sending a catalogue back.
MSA, KStrong and Bullard straight from an official distributor, with lighter lines alongside them.
Gas detectors, breathing apparatus and cylinders are serviced by our own technicians.
The same people handle your enquiry, your order and your servicing.
Read more
Open a section to read what a buyer or an HSE manager needs before ordering.
What ERT means on this page
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| ERT | Emergency response team. The trained crew at a plant, yard, terminal or vessel that goes in first when something happens, before an outside brigade arrives. |
| First responder equipment | MSA's own name for the group that holds fire helmets, firefighter protective clothing and thermal imaging. |
| Rescue equipment | The gear used to get a person out: harnesses, rescue lines, a tripod and a winch over an opening. |
TopBorneo uses ERT as the label because that is how its customers in oil and gas and in marine work describe the team. The equipment underneath the label is what the rest of this page covers.
Emergency response team equipment list
What an emergency response team carries, per group, with the page on this site that covers it.
| Group | Examples | Where to look |
|---|---|---|
| Head protection | Fire helmets | head, eye and face protection |
| Protective clothing | Firefighter protective clothing | This page |
| Seeing through smoke | Thermal imaging cameras | This page |
| Breathing air | Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), escape sets | respiratory protection |
| Atmosphere testing | Portable gas detectors | gas detection |
| Rescue and access | Tripod, winch, harnesses, rescue lines | confined space equipment |
The same supplier quotes the helmet, the breathing set, the detector and the tripod, so it goes on one purchase order. The other groups on that list sit on the safety equipment supplier in Malaysia page.
Thermal imaging cameras
A thermal imaging camera shows heat instead of light, so an operator can see a person or a hot spot through smoke and in a dark compartment. It is the one item on an ERT trolley that changes how fast a team finds someone.
TopBorneo supplies the MSA thermal imaging range. Tell TopBorneo which model your team already runs, because the battery, the charger and the spare cells differ per model, and those are the parts that go missing first.
Fire helmets and firefighter protective clothing
Fire helmets and firefighter protective clothing are a different product from the industrial helmet and the coverall used on a normal shift. They are made to be worn near heat and to keep their shape while someone is being pulled out.
TopBorneo supplies both from MSA. Helmets for general industrial work, including versions carrying DOSH-SIRIM approval, sit on the head, eye and face protection page linked in the table above.
Rescue team equipment for height and confined space
The other half of response work is getting a person back out, and that is what a rescue team carries: tripods, winches, harnesses, rescue lines and the devices that lower and retrieve someone over an opening. TopBorneo supplies that equipment, and the tripod and the winch can be rented by the job or by the month instead of bought. A confined space rescue team usually wants a portable gas detector in the same quote, because the atmosphere is tested before anyone goes in and again while the work runs.
Renting emergency response equipment instead of buying it
Rental covers the same equipment TopBorneo supplies and services, so a response set can be made up out of rented items for a turnaround, a drill, or the weeks when your own set is on the bench. Gas detectors and confined space entry sets go out by the job or by the month, and a rented detector arrives calibrated. Send the list and ask which items on it can be rented. What that involves is set out on the safety equipment rental page, and the entry and rescue side has its own page under confined space rental.
Keeping an ERT equipment cabinet ready to use
Response equipment can fail unnoticed, because it sits in a cabinet between incidents. TopBorneo services breathing apparatus and calibrates portable gas detectors in its own workshop. A set that lives in a cabinet therefore still works when it is taken out. MSA recommends a bump test on a gas detector before each day's use, and calibration at a maximum interval of six months. What that work involves is set out under breathing apparatus servicing and portable gas detector calibration.
Common questions
What does an emergency response team do?
An emergency response team is the trained crew on site that acts first: it isolates the area, tests the atmosphere, and gets to a casualty before an outside brigade arrives. TopBorneo supplies the equipment that team wears and carries, from fire helmets and protective clothing to thermal imaging cameras and breathing apparatus.
What equipment does an emergency response team need?
In the order a team reaches for them: head protection, protective clothing, a thermal imaging camera, breathing apparatus, a portable gas detector, and rescue equipment for getting a person out. TopBorneo supplies these from Labuan and Kota Kinabalu, and services the breathing apparatus and the detectors.
Can emergency response equipment be rented instead of bought?
Part of it, yes. TopBorneo rents out safety equipment next to supplying and servicing it, and rental covers the same equipment it supplies: gas detectors and confined space entry sets go out by the job or by the month. Send the list and ask which items on it can be rented.
What does a confined space rescue team need?
A tripod over the opening, a winch or a retrieval device, full body harnesses with rescue attachment points, rescue lines, a portable gas detector for the atmosphere, and breathing apparatus or an escape set. TopBorneo supplies that equipment and rents part of it, and the detail sits on the confined space equipment page.
Where can I buy ERT equipment in Sabah or Labuan?
TopBorneo has an office in Labuan and an office with a workshop, and supplies emergency response equipment across Malaysia. Send the model or the description and the quantity to crm@topborneo.com and a quote follows.
Can TopBorneo supply the equipment my team trained on?
Yes. TopBorneo supplies, rents out and services safety equipment, so if your team needs equipment that matches what it trained on, send the equipment list from the course and TopBorneo quotes against it.
Send your equipment list
Email your list to crm@topborneo.com, or send it to the Labuan or Kota Kinabalu WhatsApp number. Model numbers help, and a photograph of what you already have helps more. TopBorneo comes back with what it can supply, what it would order in, and how long that takes.