OUR HISTORY
It was back in 1898 when Edward Dickinson Bullard
furnished San Francisco gold and copper miners
with mining equipment. When his son E.W. Bullard
returned from World War I, E.W. and his father worked
together to pioneer equipment to keep miners safe
in the hazardous mines.
In 1919, E.W. invented the Hard Boiled® “hard hat,”
inspired by his doughboy army helmet and designed
for the specific hazards miners faced. Bullard’s spir-
it of innovation, design and safety lives within the
foundation of our company. Today, Bullard’s safety
equipment protects you from the different dangers
on the front lines of emergencies, construction, heavy
industries, healthcare, and life sciences.
From Hard Hat To Fire Helmet
The Hard Boiled® hard hat’s popularity inspired the development of
the first fire helmet. Bullard’s spirit of innovation and problem solv-
ing helped the Golden Gate Bridge engineer team, led by Joseph B
Strauss, to adapt Bullard’s hard hats to protect bridge workers. This
customer-focused innovation led to Bullard designing the first sup-
plied-air respiratory system to protect steelworkers blasting the Gold-
en Gate Bridge.
The Spirit of Innovation Lives in Our Past, Present, and Future
Bullard has a rich history of solving customer problems in innovative
ways, enabling these customers to have long, healthy, and productive
lives. This legacy, which began with the invention of the hard hat,
continued through the 1930s with our supplied-air respirators and
our first fire helmet, and propelled through to our powered air-purifying
respirators and thermal imagers.
Each of these safety-focused, customer-centric products has and con-
tinues to be designed for the experts in the industries Bullard serves
to help keep workers safe in Infrastructure, Energy, Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing, Healthcare, Emergency Responder roles, and many
others. Bullard stays at the forefront of safety in the workplace.
Bullard Means Tough. Bullard Means Trust.
Bullard’s ISO9001 certification is our standard. We remain commit-
ted to this uncompromising standard of quality when designing our
safety equipment. Every Bullard team member focuses on designing,
building, and promoting PPE to advance the safety of the people we
help protect.
Caring For Customers Around The World Like Family
Bullard is a fifth-generation family-owned business delivering inno-
vation that inspires safety across the globe. We have locations in
Kentucky, Germany, and Singapore.
Our Vision
Our vision is to advance human safety to enable long, healthy, produc-
tive lives through innovative solutions.
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