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Webinar: Gear up for PPE changes: What’s ahead for NFPA 1971

Register now to attend this webinar on Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT In a monumental standards shift, the NFPA Standards Council approved...

Know your gear: Understanding the layers of protection

By Courtney Levin, FireRescue1 BrandFocus Staff Of all the tools regularly used by firefighters, it can be argued that turnout gear is one of the...

Gordon Graham on PPE for first responders

Gordon Graham here with Today’s Tip from Lexipol. No matter what public safety service you perform, Today's...

How to buy turnout gear (eBook)

With the heightened focus on cancer awareness and prevention, departments depend on turnout gear to provide supreme protection from fireground...

Get advanced cleaning on your PPE done in hours, not weeks

Sponsored by Decon7 Systems By Rachel Zoch for FireRescue1 BrandFocus Dirty turnout gear can kill, and Chief Gary Cochran knows it. That’s...

What first responders should know about monkeypox patient care and provider safety

On July 23, the World Health Organization declared the recent monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Since...

‘It’s time to embrace a new culture – a culture of search and rescue’

By Daniel Folks In June 2019, I became the fire chief of the City of Hammond, Louisiana. Hammond is a small town located in Tangipahoa Parish, east...

How to buy protective hoods (eBook)

We now know that potentially carcinogen-carrying soot and other particles can collect in significant quantities in the head, face and neck areas....

Gordon Graham on PPE decontamination procedures

Gordon Graham here with Today’s Tip from Lexipol. Today’s Tip is for fire service personnel, and we’re talking about the importance...

1-click Prime Day tips for public safety

This article, originally published June 18, 2021, has been updated with current information Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer and...

N.J. to use $10M in federal COVID funds to help FDs buy gear

Brent Johnson nj.com TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey will use $10 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to help provide fire...

Protect and Store your PPE with durable GearGrid Storage Systems

Built to standup to the demands of firefighters, GearGrid Storage Solutions are the perfect addition to any station and are proudly built in the...

S.D. volunteer firefighter learns of suspension while in Ukraine

By Leila Merrill SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Greg Zimmerman, a firefighter with Wentworth Fire & Rescue in South Dakota, was suspended last...

Video: Fireground decontamination and laundering

Sponsored by Decon7 Systems By FireRescue1 BrandFocus Staff You already know that firefighters have a higher risk of cancer than the general...

Minn. FD collects more than 400 pieces of fire gear to send to Ukraine, other countries

Abby Sharpe Post-Bulletin, Rochester ORONOCO, Minn. — Three weeks ago, Oronoco Fire Department officials sent an email to...

Onsite Gear Cleaning Service Before and After

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Volunteer FFs in U.S. donate equipment to Ukrainian FFs

By Leila Merrill STAMFORD, Conn. — Volunteer firefighters in Connecticut and Wisconsin have been gathering gear to send to Ukrainian...

Recognizing and minimizing the inherent risks of wildfires

By Dawn Bolstad-Johnson, MPH, CIH, CSP, FAIHA The forest fires of days past are not the same as current wildland fires, not from a ferocity nor an...

Quiz: Do you really know your PPE?

How well do you know your PPE ... really? You may put it on every single shift, but it's possible you don't know your gear as well as...