Posts tagged with "PPE 101"
A head-to-toe PPE fitting: How to make sure every item is working to protect you
Follow NFPA standards and check the overlap of PPE ensemble interfaces to ensure you are protected from contamination and thermal injury
When does PPE warrant advanced cleaning?
What you need to know about the differences between soiling, contamination and cleaning, decontaminating firefighter turnout gear
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
When to replace your firefighter turnout gear
Chemical exposure, repeated cleaning and overall wear to firefighter turnout gear needs to be measured and tracked to know when it’s time to retire PPE
Evaluating turnout gear cleaning options
Understand your specific needs and how they align with existing requirements and vendor claims to identify the right solution to remove contaminants from turnout gear
When firefighter PPE standards conflict
Balancing different committee recommendations, integrated equipment and technological advances in personal protective equipment
Fireground environment, not turnout gear, provides carcinogen exposure risk
Further study may be needed, but turnout gear claims ignore common carcinogen exposure sources
Structural firefighters need wildland firefighting PPE, too
Here's the firefighting equipment and PPE you need to be safer, more effective and more efficient when combating wildland fires
