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• Firefighter decontamination challenges: Knowledge versus practice

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  Is the increased awareness about the risk of cancer moving firefighters to take action?

• Fire officer training: 6 ways to make safer firefighters

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  The company officer plays a critical role in firefighter safety; here are steps the officer can take build a culture of safety

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• FDIC 2019 Quick Take: 10 policies your fire department needs

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  Fire department policies go beyond liability to increase firefighter safety and reduce the risk for preventable injuries and line of duty deaths

• Clean cabs: A NM fire department takes PPE out of the crew cab

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  Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue Department integrates new apparatus in comprehensive firefighter safety, health and wellness initiative

• Is your hood the weak link in your firefighting protective ensemble?

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  Gore’s particulate-blocking firefighter hood is durable, affordable and offers increased protection from fireground particulates

• Bunker gear contamination: You can’t have it both ways

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  Allowing civilians to pose in contaminated turnout gear contradicts the safety message FDs should project

• Fire doesn’t discriminate, but gender plays a role in firefighter safety

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  Research shows that female firefighters face different risks than their male counterparts

• How to inspect firefighter gear for damage

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  Fire departments have many approaches but one goal in applying NFPA 1851 to keep firefighters safe

• Time, distance, shielding: Minimizing radiation exposure

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  Establish warm, hot and cold zones; use PPE and distance to shield; and measure radiation throughout

• How refurbished SCBAs and cylinders can help maximize your equipment dollars

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  Dalmatian Fire Equipment cleans, refurbishes and tests SCBAs and cylinders to provide critical gear at a fraction of the cost of a new pack

• Modifiable risk: Firefighter cancer prevention

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  To reduce individual firefighter’s relative risk of contracting cancer, they must limit risk factors on and off the fireground

• How to conduct a firefighter PPE risk assessment

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  Identifying firefighter hazards, response area features and potential operations helps in PPE selection

• How to choose the right firefighting boot for the job

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  Firefighters are tactical athletes, so they need footwear options that support them well

• Protective gear stolen from Texas volunteer fire dept.

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  Chapel Hill Volunteer Fire Department firefighters said thieves took eight to 10 sets of gear from their station after getting in through a window

• How to decontaminate firefighter gear after a brush with fentanyl

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  Follow these five steps to decontaminate firefighter gear after a medical call involving opioids to avoid exposure

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