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Education & Training

Register for Globe's online training course on Personal Protective Equipment Advanced Care and Cleaning, the best resource on how to adhere to the regulations set forward by NFPA 1851.

Learn how to properly care for your turnout gear and how often it should be inspected with an easy to follow program that follows the NFPA's 1851 code chapter by chapter.

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PPE Science

Physiological Status Monitoring for Firefighters
To reduce firefighter fatalities, we have to look at the causes of on-duty deaths. The single largest cause resulting in nearly half of all deaths according to the U.S. Fire Administration is stress and overexertion. Physiological Status Monitoring holds out the promise of identifying when a firefighter is in high risk stress before he becomes a fatality.

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PPE Update

How firefighting gear stands up to liquid

The performance of garments and other types of clothing against liquids is based both on the product...

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