Along with the wildlife wandering around the local woods do not be alarmed if you see a pack of firefighters in full gear trudging about. Myself, along with several of my fellow Halfmoon Bay ...

Greg Doeden joined the Moorhead Fire Department in 1983 because he wanted to help people. Thirty-four years later, he’s still working – day and night – to keep the city safe.

“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 ...

A video of an FDNY firefighter in full uniform riding an electric skateboard ... skateboard long before congestion pricing kicked into gear on Jan 5. “That is his preferred method of ...

Members of the Savage Fire Department climbed 53 flights of stairs and wore 60 pounds of gear each on Feb. 24, but they weren’t responding to an emergency. Instead, they were participating ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Gear Wash network now encompasses 13 brick-and-mortar locations in proximity to some of the nation’s largest fire ...

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