Personal Protective Equipment

The firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) topic deals with firefighters' protective clothing and gear, including turnout clothing, hazmat gear, breathing apparatus and accessories like firefighter gloves, boots and helmets.

Full list of Personal Protective Equipment results

Reality Training: Inadequate use of PPE
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Any time there's a fire, we have to be in our gear. You don't know what can happen next -- fire can be unpredictable. If you're not prepared, you can be hurt or killed.
MSA to acquire Globe Manufacturing
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With the acquisition of Globe, MSA will strengthen its position as a leader in PPE
Mass. firefighters to wear ballistic vests, helmets
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The department now has enough vests and helmets for a full shift of seven firefighters and paramedics
Firefighting PPE evolutions stemming from NFPA
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Exploring changes in product offerings, recommendations and use criteria for fire hoods
AFG grant funding for SCBA purchases
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AFG grant funding for SCBA is the best route for fire departments to replace allocation of SCBA packs and spare cylinders
Fla. fire, EMS departments to be outfitted with body armor
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Responders will receive ballistic vests and helmets tested against special threats
Campaign aims to raise awareness of active shooter threat, rescue task force
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The campaign aims to raise awareness about the emerging threats facing today's responders, how a rescue task force response model works and what equipment and armor technology is available
Cancer prevention, protection for fire service personnel
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Chief fire officers are just beginning to understand the magnitude of cancer in the fire service and the challenges to more effectively apply risk control techniques
Feniex Typhoon // The Warning Industry's Top Siren & Light Controller Package for Fire and Police
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Feniex provides the best led car lights and sirens for emergency vehicles. The Typhoon 100-Watt siren and light controller package features a compact design with a huge punch, the perfect combination for police, firefighter and EMS vehicles to clear the road. To learn more about sirens and LED lights for cars, contact Feniex Industries at feniex.com. Feniex - Innovation at its Brightest
Ohio fire dept. buys ballistic vests for firefighters
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There are currently 10 employees with the department that are trained as tactical paramedics
Does firefighting increase the risk of dementia or ALS?
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Firefighters and researchers examine a probable risk factor, like toxin exposure, and its relationship to cancer, cardiovascular disease and other illnesses
Detroit firefighters, EMTs to get body armor
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Fire Commissioner Eric Jones secured funding to outfit responders with the protective gear
Plan to improve firefighter shelters falters
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Scientists need to create a shelter that can repel radiant heat and convective heat
Dallas chief: Wounded paramedic wasn't wearing body armor
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Chief David Coatney said the department doesn't carry body armor on rescue units
GORE debuts particulate-blocking hood
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The hood blocks more than 99.9 percent of particles between 0.1 and 1.0 microns in size
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