LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — Loves Park Fire Department has received a long overdue safety gear upgrade. The new gear is called “bunker gear” or “turnout gear” and is what keeps firefighters safe from ...

The Timmins Fire Department is set to become one of the first in Canada to outfit all its firefighters with gear that is free ...

PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- When it comes to the Parma Heights Fire Department, dressing for success is tied to personal protective equipment. That’s why Fire Chief Matt Bernard said his department aims to ...

The East Providence Fire Department has become the first in the United States to purchase and use non-PFAS turnout gear department-wide. The gear, which includes Milliken Assure™—North America’s first ...

Firefighter gear, including breathing masks, can retain a substantial amount of “forever chemicals” that have been linked to cancer development.A simple, nondestructive wipe test found all evaluated ...

The city and county of Butte-Silver Bow accuses the manufacturers of colluding to hide that the firefighter turnout gear contained chemical contaminants linked to deadly diseases.

SPRINGFIELD — A bill to ban the sale of firefighter protective gear containing “forever chemicals” is gaining momentum in the Illinois General Assembly, as lawmakers, union leaders and firefighters ...

According to Hudson Fire Chief Jeff Burns, the Hudson Volunteer Fire Department recently upgraded its bunker gear and replaced the system that fills the department’s SCBA bottles. “Our members look at ...

TURLEY, Okla. — The Turley Fire Department is in desperate need of new bunker gear. The fire chief said some of their gear is 15 years old. “We love our community,” said Turley Fire Chief Nelson Sager ...