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 ...

Former Providence, Rhode Island, firefighter Donna MacDonald was diagnosed with cancer five years after she joined the force. While there’s no way to know for sure, she traces her diagnosis back to a ...

“Firefighters may encounter PFAS both in their working environment and in their gear,” the NIST study noted. “Reducing unnecessary PFAS exposure is an important step toward improving ...

As part of the 2025 State of the State, Hochul announced new legislation to ban the sale of firefighter gear containing emerging contaminant per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in New York State.

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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 ...

Because firefighters are often sweating heavily ... but at that particular fire, my gear was gaping and too big, and I broke out in a horrible rash all over my neck and chest.

The St. John’s Regional Fire Department (SJRFD) announced Wednesday, Jan. 22, it was transitioning to PFAS-free bunker gear for all its active firefighters. A news release notes that the change ...

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 ...