Posts tagged with "Gear and Gadgets"
PPE cleaning: Avoid “downstream” contamination
Do your part in the cleaning process before sending PPE to someone else for cleaning
Properly fitting gear promotes safety and equality
Departments should proactively check with members about gear fit, not expect firefighters to complain when it doesn’t
Contaminated turnout gear: Testing basics and limitations
Understand the limitations of the testing process and how to work with labs to make a decision about gear
Clean cabs: A NM fire department takes PPE out of the crew cab
Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue Department integrates new apparatus in comprehensive firefighter safety, health and wellness initiative
Fire doesn’t discriminate, but gender plays a role in firefighter safety
Research shows that female firefighters face different risks than their male counterparts
5 strategies to extend the life of your firefighter gear
SCBA life extension and properly cleaning and storing PPE can extend the life cycle and save your department’s budget
Intrinsic firefighter PPE safety: A new perspective
Recommending NFPA PPE product standards incorporate systematic ways of regulating restricted substances for new products
The continuing debate on turnout gear service life
Firefighter PPE must in be a serviceable condition in order for these items to provide the needed protection
