Circul-Air.

Heiman is an authorized dealer for the full Circul-Air lineup — the three pillars of PPE care: wash, dry, and store. The wash side covers Express and HD soft-mount extractors, HD hard-mount extractors, the Genius specialized PPE laundry system, the Roto-Decon SCBA extractor, and the Dexsorb effluent filtration system. The dry side covers the Express 2/4/6 gear drying cabinets, the dual hose-and-gear drying cabinet, portable dryers, and tumble dryers. The store side covers wall-mounted, free-standing, mobile, and dual-sided gear lockers. Hose care lives across all three — RotoJet hose washer, dual-purpose hose/gear drying cabinet, and hose storage racks.

Yes. All Circul-Air wash and dry appliances are engineered, manufactured, and programmed to meet or exceed NFPA 1850 — the standard governing selection, care, and maintenance of structural and proximity firefighting protective ensembles. Wash and dry cycle programming has been tested and validated by more than 18 Independent Service Providers (ISPs) — the verified PPE care shops that handle advanced inspection and cleaning under the standard. That validation is the difference between a machine that washes turnouts and one a department can defend in an audit.

Firefighter occupational cancer rates run measurably above the general population, and the contaminants driving that risk — combustion byproducts, PAHs, PFAS, heavy metals — embed in turnout gear during fireground exposure. NFPA 1850 prescribes the cleaning and care regimen that actually removes those contaminants rather than just freshening up the gear. Circul-Air engineered the product line specifically around that problem: validated wash chemistry and mechanical action, drying cycles that protect the moisture barrier while fully removing water, and storage that keeps cleaned gear out of UV and apparatus-bay diesel exhaust until the next call.

It comes down to volume, mounting, and whether the department wants to handle SCBA in the same room. The Express soft-mount line is the right answer for most career and combination departments running daily turnout washes — quiet operation, no concrete pad required. The HD soft-mount and HD hard-mount lines step up to industrial duty cycles for ISPs and large stations running multiple loads back-to-back. The Genius is purpose-built for specialized PPE — gloves, hoods, particulate barriers — that need their own cycle. The Roto-Decon is dedicated to SCBA cleaning. We size the recommendation against actual call volume and gear inventory, not catalog page count.

Yes — and it is the original Circul-Air product line. The first hose washers and hose dryers were introduced in 1940, and that side of the business is still going strong. The current lineup includes the RotoJet hose washer, the dual-purpose drying cabinet that handles both hose and gear, and a full range of hose storage racks. For departments that have not refreshed their hose program in a while, this is often where the conversation starts before moving to PPE care equipment.

Heiman covers a seven-state Midwest territory from its base in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and has been family-owned since 1947. The company is a full-service fire equipment dealer — Circul-Air PPE care equipment is one of several major manufacturer lines, alongside custom apparatus, wildland equipment, thermal imagers, helmets, industrial fire protection, and PPE Care / ISP service. Departments outside the seven-state territory can still order Circul-Air through Heiman; in-person site surveys and same-day service are reserved for in-territory accounts.