SLOCOMB, Ala. (WDHN)—One Wiregrass fire department has been awarded an $81,000 grant to buy new turnout gear. Slocomb Fire-Rescue was awarded the Federal Assistance for Firefighters grant by ...

In 2024, Connecticut joined Massachusetts and San Francisco in passing laws that prohibit PFAS in firefighter turnout gear. Still, many departments lack the resources to replace contaminated gear ...

The Taylorville Fire Department has bolstered its safety measures with the acquisition of seven new sets of turnout gear for ...

Turnout gear, or the protective clothing worn by fire fighters, has come a long way ... The NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Clothing for Structural Fire Fighting, for instance ...

As a career firefighter, his chief told him his turnout gear needed to be cleaned and that was going to take time. "(The fire chief) says, 'It’s going to be gone for a couple of weeks. You need ...

In the documentary one firefighter fighting cancer said he knew of 19 of 31 firefighters diagnosed with cancer at the same fire station. One firefighter regretted take a photo of his kids in his gear.

That’s why Fire Chief Matt Bernard said his department aims to update its firefighter turnout gear every five years. This included recently spending $146,248 toward that budgeted effort, ...

Fire-Dex and Milliken & Company have partnered to provide the East Providence Fire Department with non-PFAS turnout gear.

To protect the next generation, PFAS in turnout gear must be addressed. “They don’t have to put the agent back on their body that could have caused their initial claim,” Carew said ...

Here's how fire departments are fighting back. Steve Jones has been diagnosed with cancer and is now trying to warn fellow firefighters, and the public, of the danger. Skip Navigation. Share on ...