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Gloves

History of firefighter gloves

April 21, 2009 07:02 PM

Rich Duffy of the IAFF discusses the history of firefighter gloves, including the issues that led to their development and the current designs as part of a keynote speech he gave to the PPE Symposium in Charlotte.

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