Victorinox & firefighters – an old partnership
About 40 years ago, Victorinox formed its own firefighter crew. We’re working with hot steel, therefore fire is a constant danger in our production facility. That’s how our deep connection with all firefighters all around the world has grown.
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Victorinox & firefighters – many things in common
Between fire fighters and Victorinox, bonds have always been deep and abundant. We share a long history in protecting not only our production site but also our valley and we have developed products in close collaboration with these brave people – yet above all we have equal beliefs.
Discover the Victorinox firefighters:
We worked for years with professional rescuers to design the Rescue Tool pocket knife. It features a seatbelt cutter, a window breaker and a shatterproof glass saw to cut through shatterproof glass. It comes in a nylon pouch and all of its tools are specially designed to work equally well for both left and right handed users. It's the knife we hope you never have to use. But when every second counts, you can count on the Rescue Tool.
Joint product development
Two products have come out of the close collaboration with the firefighters. Victorinox designed the Rescue Tool, an upgraded Swiss Army Knife conceived for firefighters to be used by firefighters. From this day on, an extensive number of fire services around the world adopted the Rescue Tool as part of their equipment. The other “tool” connecting Victorinox and the firefighters is a watch.
Time is the enemy
Daniel Betschart, the officer from Victorinox’s fire department, says ”Time is the enemy of a firefighter. Everything that can help to bring it under control becomes a firefighter’s friend”. That’s why Victorinox chose a timepiece to symbolise this partnership. A watch, but not any kind of watch: the strongest watch on the market. This watch had to withstand 130 ruthless tests, including falling from a three-story building, withstanding the weight of a fire truck, surviving boiling water and a washing machine as well as being frozen into ice – for example. The special I.N.O.X. firefighter edition was sold out within just a few days.
And the collaboration lives on
But the I.N.O.X. is still available. One that is especially loved by the firefighters: the I.N.O.X. carbon, withstanding 1,260 °C. If you want to buy it in an authentic setting: Visit Victorinox’s Flagship Store in New York. It is located in a disused FDNY fire station. Truly, bonds have been and are deep and abundant.
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