The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

He also mentioned their clothing plays a key role in keeping them warm. Unlike the firefighters in California, Michigan firefighter’s jackets are lined with an interior that traps heat.

Firefighters are already exposed to many risks to their well-being. The gear they wear and tools they use to keep themselves ...

The St. John’s Regional Fire Department (SJRFD) announced Wednesday, Jan. 22, it was transitioning to PFAS-free bunker gear for all its active firefighters. A news release notes that the change ...

The recent fires ravaging Los Angeles have highlighted the dangers faced in firefighting — winds, fast-moving flames, smoke, chemical fumes — but it turns out that one of the most ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Local firefighters can expect to get some more safety equipment to take on their everyday duties. Firefighters constantly put their lives on the line every day to put ...

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) and the First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE) have once again partnered with Firehouse Magazine to present the 2020 Health and Safety ...

LOS ANGELES — What haunts firefighter Brett Klemme is not the flames. It’s the photographs. On Jan. 7, the day the wildfires of Los Angeles ignited and forced mass evacuations, Klemme recalled ...

President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to veto a federal abortion ban, but Democrats warn there are already efforts underway to get the country closer to that point. Democrats on ...

National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) and the Big City Fire Working Group (BCF) have reached a major ...

(7News) — Fairfax County firefighters ware warning of potential ... Another is ladder truck 441 in Centreville. "Public safety is a priority and we need to support our fire department," said ...