After almost 20 years as a firefighter, Kale Brucks founded Engine Company Leather to design leather goods for firefighters.

Firefighters risk their lives to keep people and the planet safe, putting themselves in the path of obvious hazards to help others. A new study has shown that the gear they wear to keep themselves ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — Charleston City Council has allocated $350,000 for the construction of a firefighter training center and a second set of gear for each member. The Charleston ...

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Fire Department has been awarded a $19,000 grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the Department of Services funding for the Firefighter Safety ...

To address this issue, the PFAS Alternatives Act 2023 proposes to fund efforts for research and development of new firefighting turnout gear and reduce health risks to firefighters. A total of $25 ...

Firefighters said the cold temperatures were a challenge while fighting a shop fire in East Holmes Thursday evening.

Sooke Fire Rescue is treading carefully into the waters of PFAS-free firefighter protective gear with one set of turnouts in-house for testing. The goal is to get rid of personal protection equipment ...

Longview, TX Fire Captain Clint Steelman takes us through his gear: What works, what he carries on every call, and why. If you’d like to help young firefighters choose their gear setup ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization classified the act of firefighting as a Group 1 carcinogen, just like asbestos and tobacco. Both the fires themselves and the very gear firefighters wear on the ...

When Kale Brucks was an active firefighter, he wondered what could be done to improve his work gear. He thought it wasn’t as high quality as it could be. “I took a look at some of my equipment ...