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title: Fire-Dex and Response Protection Corporation Enter into partnership for Capt. Jim Fire Hoods
description: Fire-Dex, a leading manufacturer of firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE), today announced its partnership with Response Protection Corporation of Putnam Valley, NY on the exclusive manufact
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# [Fire-Dex and Response Protection Corporation Enter into partnership for Capt. Jim Fire Hoods](https://blog.firedex.com/blog/2014/11/10/fire-dex-response-protection-corporation-enter-partnership-capt-jim-fire-hoods)

 Written by [firedexadmin](https://blog.firedex.com/blog/author/firedexadmin) | Nov 10, 2014 4:23:55 PM

Medina, Ohio - October 1, 2014 - Fire-Dex, a leading manufacturer of firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE), today announced its partnership with [Response Protection Corporation](http://www.responseprotection.com/) of Putnam Valley, NY on the exclusive manufacturing of the Capt. Jim hood line.

Designed by retired FDNY Battalion Chief, Kevin O'Donoghue, and named for his father James, a 34 year veteran of FDNY, the Capt. Jim hood combines comfort, protection and durability with an exclusive, proprietary material called Spentex™ to create a hood that is unlike anything available on the market today.

"My years at FDNY helped me design a hood that I knew would be safer and more comfortable for the firefighter," said O'Donoghue, President/CEO at Response Protection Corp., "the protection and durability of the Spentex material together with the manufacturing expertise of Fire-Dex has me extremely excited about the future of this hood."

Fire-Dex will produce the Capt. Jim hoods at its manufacturing headquarters in Medina, OH.

"Fire-Dex is excited about our partnership with Response Protection and to be manufacturing the Capt. Jim hood," said John Zbozien, Director of Marketing at Fire-Dex, "this hood offers a clearly differentiated set of features and benefits that make it unique in the marketplace."

Capt. Jim hoods by Fire-Dex are available through the growing Response Protection network of distributors. A complete list of distributors can be found on the Response Protection website at[www.responseprotection.com](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Mp7l3eplgXYFjvSsq5uylpOWJmex5xv22dney9lSakQIzLyZkXR5SXBCMdOxT-CSQxdZM5Yu_AGGlavgUK16khziVzq9vBUvef6IYVMsjqEPllr7KcF_tWQM0vpmlPJFVeWHsvbEEwYvIFjKjtKNc7p-PL_UA2bUOVb_bRaOi6Y5k-6W9hnreQ==&c=eB6tewPP4UQDv72MknyuylAgb0f2nfSMRDhaOF59qEA5xSNCqmzzxw==&ch=6eGPJknTSyc0p03xvmmbyaHCY5kri2gTEEhNOmUZOL7xeCPprMOdwA==)

 

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