We are hopeful that we will never have to put gear on that contains PFAS and that we will see a reduction in cancer rates in ...

Cancer is the leading cause of death for firefighters and their turnout gear has chemicals that have been linked to the ...

Firefighters ... scenes, car accidents and other emergency scenarios, but also recounted donning his gear for workouts and 5k runs. It was his thought that the sheer weight of his turnout gear ...

The chemicals are also used in firefighter turnout gear ... as a potential vehicle to move forward with Moore's firefighter gear amendments. As the other senators rose to speak about their ...

THE IDEA TO BUILD THESE MOBILE CLEANING UNITS CAME TO MIKE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, WHILE ON THE JOB AS A CAREER FIREFIGHTER. HIS CHIEF TOLD HIM HIS TURNOUT GEAR NEEDED ... TO PRESS A VEHICLE TO ...

The state Senate Monday passed legislation long pushed by firefighters that would ban PFAS in turnout gear by 2027. The Senate passed the legislation around 11:30 a.m. and it will now be sent to ...

For every firefighter, it’s standard equipment. Those bulky, thick clothes called turnout gear are designed to protect fire crews from heat and flames. “We have gear that’s designed ...

speaking out about the dangers of using firefighting turnout gear made with PFAS — carcinogenic “forever chemicals” used to strengthen and waterproof the material. Burns and other activists ...

An extractor washer and dryer system is designed for the decontamination and maintenance of firefighters' turnout gear. It will ensure that hazardous contaminants, accumulated during emergency ...