PPE News

How to boost accountability both on and beyond the fireground

Sponsored by MSA Safety By FireRescue1 BrandFocus Staff As firefighters, we tend to live by the same creed no matter where your department is...

Modifications to firefighter PPE

Gordon Graham here with Today’s Tip from Lexipol. Today’s Tip is for fire service personnel. Today I am talking about making...

3 Mich. FDs to use $420K FEMA grant to replace SCBAs

Corey Murray Hillsdale Daily News HILLSDALE, Mich. — Three area fire departments will replace their aging secure-closed breathing apparatus...

Need new turnouts? Check out the 2021 AFG PPE Project Guide (eBook)

Sponsored by Globe FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants application period for 2021 opened on November 8 and closes at 5 p.m. Eastern on...

On-demand webinar: Your PPE questions, answered: Navigating evolving PPE changes and challenges

Topic: Your PPE questions, answered: Navigating evolving PPE changes and challenges Presenter: Jeffrey Stull, President of...

New mobile extraction unit brings turnout gear cleaning to your doorstep

Sponsored by Decon7 Systems By Rachel Zoch for FireRescue1 BrandFocus Fireground toxins pose a serious health hazard to firefighters, and dirty...

Ditch the discomfort: This new firefighting helmet offers both protection and comfort

By Robert Avsec for FireRescue1 BrandFocus In San Francisco at the end of the 19th century (1898 to be exact), Edward Dickinson Bullard started a...

Quiz: Should your fire boots be replaced?

Sponsored by Globe Damaged and soiled fire boots can be a hazard to firefighters. Chapter 10 of NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care and...

Is the weight of your helmet hurting your performance?

Sponsored by Bullard By Cole Zercoe for FireRescue1 BrandFocus In a profession as challenging and high stakes as the fire industry, being able to...

Study aims to create better fitting gear for female firefighters

Garrett Cabeza The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Valley firefighter Sharayah Mullerleile said...

Tradition, history of the American firefighting helmet

By Mick Mayers After the first few times a warrior took a stick to the head, someone determined a protective covering was warranted. It seemed...

Why firefighters choose unsafe actions when they know better

By Jennfer A. Taylor, Ph.D, MPH, CPPS; Joseph A. Allen, Ph.D.; Andrea Davis, MPH, CPH; and Alexandra Fisher, MPH Have you ever wondered why...

Is drying time keeping you from cleaning your turnout gear as often as you should?

Sponsored by RAM Air Gear Dryers By Robert Avsec for FireRescue1 BrandFocus Fire departments across North America are facing the greatest threat to...

How can we call ourselves a professional fire service when members won't even wear PPE?

In this episode of "What's YOUR Problem?," Deputy Chief Billy Goldfeder tackles this reader question: "How can we call...

Understanding 2021 AFG project areas and applications

By Lexipol Team The Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program is set to open soon for its 20th year – is your department prepared?...

September 2021: Training Day Lesson Plan

Welcome to FireRescue1 Training Day, providing company officers training ideas, resources and a downloadable schedule to help keep crews focused and...

Spotlight: Decon7 Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures tactical decontamination solutions for responders

Company name: Decon7 Systems, Inc. Headquarters: Coppell, Texas Signature Product: D7 Website: https://www.d7defense.com/ 1....

‘All that changed the second I became a father’: From salty dog to clean gear advocate

This job is my life, my first love, and what I was put on this earth to do. We help people in dangerous and dynamic environments every single day...

Fireground toxins don’t care if you’re paid or volunteer

Fire service leaders in small communities experience such close bonds to those we serve, our “customers,” as Chief Brunacini called them....

‘Ego eats brains’: Chief Brunacini’s lesson underscores the problem with dirty gear

Ego can be dangerous. It can cloud judgment, narrow perspective and foster an image-focused mindset. “America’s Fire Chief,” the...