The knowledge behind the gear
From the field, not the catalog. Everything we recommend rests on an official standard, on an incident lesson, and on a source you can check. This is the catalog of what we know — organized, open, and scannable.
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Specs and standards
Every standard is translated into one question: which product, and in what quantity and spec, it's relevant to. Clicking a category opens the standards within it.
AField medicine, trauma, and first aid
3 standards▾
Contents spec for medical bags for outdoor activitiesMinistry of Education · Health AdministrationUpdated 8/2023MandatoryTactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines (TCCC)CoTCCC · USAUpdated regularlyInternationalRecommended tourniquets listCoTCCCCAT Gen 7InternationalSo whatA bag for an educational institution or a field trip must meet the spec's contents; a tourniquet should preferably be a model that appears on the TCCC list.
BResuscitation and defibrillator
2 standards▾
Law on placing defibrillators in public placesthe Knesset · Ministry of Health5768-2008MandatoryRegistration in the medical-equipment registryMinistry of Health—MandatorySo whatA site with over five hundred employees, a stadium, or a large school is required by law to have a defibrillator. The device is listed in the registry, a wall station at a height of one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty centimeters, and signage.
CProtected spaces — safe room / floor safe room / shelters
5 standards▾
Civil Defense Regulations (Shelter Construction)Ministry of Defense · Civil Defense5750-1990MandatoryGeneral spec for sheltersHome Front CommandNo. 58MandatoryGeneral spec for protected spacesHome Front CommandNo. 59MandatoryNBC filter for a protected spaceStandards Institution of IsraelSI 4570To verifyAirtightness test for protected spacesStandards Institution of IsraelSI 4577To verifySo whatThe safe room is a system, not just concrete. The maintenance point: NBC filter, airtightness test, blast valves, blower, and battery. Each item corresponds to spec fifty-nine.
DFirefighting and fire safety
6 standards▾
Maintenance and inspection of portable extinguishersStandards Institution of IsraelSI 129MandatoryFire and smoke detection systemsStandards Institution of IsraelSI 1220MandatoryFire Services Regulations (commercial building)Fire and Rescue Authority5732-1971MandatoryPortable extinguishers — manufacture and requirementsStandards Institution of IsraelSI 1547To verifySo whatAn extinguisher for a business is required to pass a maintenance inspection per SI one hundred twenty-nine — from this a service product of annual refill and inspection was born, not just a one-time sale.
EPersonal protection — vests, helmets, shields
5 standards▾
Ballistic resistance of protective vestsNational Institute of Justice · USANIJ 0101.06InternationalVest standard — new editionNational Institute of JusticeNIJ 0101.07InternationalFragmentation resistance (helmet)NATO · US Department of DefenseSTANAG 2920InternationalSo whatLevel IIIA stops handguns, level III/IV stops rifles. The new edition is already out — it's important to know which standard the product is certified to.
FUrban search and rescue and disaster sites (USAR)
4 standards▾
INSARAG guidelines for urban search and rescuethe UN · OCHAINSARAGInternationalUnified standard for technical rescueNFPA · USANFPA 2500InternationalSo whatRescue gear (ropes, harnesses, stabilization) is measured against NFPA, which unified three standards into the umbrella standard 2500 — that's the cited standard.
GCivil preparedness / home emergency
2 standards▾
Home emergency kit for 72 hoursHome Front CommandGuidelineRecommendedEquipping for emergencies (earthquake)MAPI · NEMAGuidelineRecommendedSo whatThree liters of water per person per day times three days — the calculation that translates a guideline into a quantity. A 72-hour kit is a complete shelf product; each item is a catalog line.
HWorkplace safety
1 standard▾
Work Safety Regulations (first aid)Ministry of Labor · Supervision Division5748-1988MandatorySo whatOne resuscitation kit per twenty-five employees; one rescue-and-evacuation kit per fifty. Match the gear to the size of the workforce.
ISafety on field trips and in educational institutions
2 standards▾
Field-trip procedure (Director-General Circular)Ministry of Education · Society and Youth AdministrationDG CircularMandatoryContents spec for medical bags for outdoor activitiesMinistry of Education · Health AdministrationUpdated 8/2023MandatorySo whatA school field trip requires a medical escort and contents-compliant gear. An EMR requires a valid forty-four-hour course. We supply procedure compliance, not just a bag.
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The Maged Series
Articles and incident analyses from the field. Each one starts with a real incident and ends with what the gear needed to do.
Incident analysis
The moment rescue kills
Crush syndrome: the reverse order of rescue, and what it means for who is authorized to act with the kit.
01 · The Maged SeriesArticleThe assumption that held up the golden hour
The golden hour, the threat that erases rapid evacuation, and what it demands of the gear.
02 · The Maged SeriesArticleThe citizen as an Iron Dome
How to disrupt an attack drone with two fingers, and the citizen as a link in the defense.
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Video and demos
Coming soon
Gear demos and system handovers will be added here — to see the gear working before you decide.
From knowledge to gear
Everything we've learned, translated into a kit that fits your mission.