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• A head-to-toe PPE fitting: How to make sure every item is working to protect you

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  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?

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  What you need to know about the differences between soiling, contamination and cleaning, decontaminating firefighter turnout gear

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  5 storage must-haves for a safer fire station

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  Keep critical gear and equipment stored properly to increase safety and prolong the life of your PPE and tools

• Chief Conversations: Fire service leaders explain the industry trends every firefighter needs to know

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  Chief Marc Bashoor learns the up-and-coming trends in fire service innovation, technology and communication from leaders at Fire Rescue International

• Chief Conversations: MSA debuts new XF1

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  This video series is brought to you by Globe and MSA. View the other videos in the series here.  By FireRescue1 Staff FireRescue1 Executive Editor Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Eric Buzard, fire service marketing manager for MSA, about the features in the new MSA Cairns XF1 helmet, from multiple adjustment points, to easily removable soft components, as well as integrated lighting and communications. Bashoor asks how reception has been to the non-traditional jet helmet shape of the XF1, which Buzard says has been warm. Buzard related the “light switch moment” when he realized the need for a streamlined helmet, when he came across a motor vehicle accident with firefighters on scene, and witnessed three firefighter helmets sitting on top of the car, obviously not being worn during the rescue operation.

• Non-structural firefighter PPE

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  From EMS calls to wildland firefighting, today’s firefighters face more than just structural interior firefighting

• Avoid heat exhaustion: Keep cool during fireground operations

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  Maintaining proper body temperature, even when fighting fires, is important for overall health and safety

• The firefighter gear contamination cycle

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  Follow firefighter gear from contamination, through doffing, transport and cleaning to identify potential areas for exposure in the gear contamination cycle

• 4 storage strategies to minimize carcinogen exposure

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  Consider your station’s unique needs to plan for appropriate PPE storage that prevents contamination

• Go back to the basics for highway incident operations training

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  Every responder should be trained on four roadway safety basics to prepare for the hazards they face on every trip outside the fire station

• What you need to know about structural firefighting gloves and NFPA 1971

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  New standards strengthen moisture barrier, thermal protection and fit

• Scientists studying turnout gear for fluorinated chemicals

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  An initial study of turnout gear by researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that the turnout gear samples were “loaded with fluorine”

• Hurricane Florence: 5 flooding safety tips firefighters should follow

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  Know and understand these five important safety tips to be taken when working in a post-hurricane environment

• The continuing debate on turnout gear service life

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  Firefighter PPE must in be a serviceable condition in order for these items to provide the needed protection

• Three essential steps to reduce your exposure to carcinogens

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  Protect, clean and decontaminate with products that meet the highest standards

• Fla. firefighters get decontamination kits to fight cancer risk

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  Each kit includes a 5-gallon bucket, detergents, scrub brushes, hoses and spray bottles to help first responders wash soot from their gear

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