Local fire departments received some much needed assistance from the state that will allow them to either purchase new gear ...

The Healey-Driscoll administration announced that more than 300 Massachusetts fire departments, including Chicopee, will ...

Butte-Silver Bow has joined a class-action lawsuit against the makers and sellers of chemicals contained in firefighter turnout gear because they have allegedly been shown to cause cancer and ...

“I think you saw the cancer boom somewhere in the 2000s up until today with the introduction of PFAS chemicals in the turnout gear.” Alsup said certainly the risks are there. “Firefighting ...

The new quartermaster team is designed to limit firefighter exposure to dirty turnout gear to the minimum possible time, KSAT reports. Under the new protocols the quartermaster team is notified ...

“I think you saw the cancer boom somewhere in the 2000s up until today with the introduction of PFAS chemicals in the turnout gear.” Firefighters Anthony Fazzino, left, and Dan ...

they don’t have to sit in their dirty bunker gear,” said SAFD Quartermaster Thaddeus Anwar. Each firefighter has two sets of personal gear. When a call comes in, Anwar and his team bring clean ...

Crystal Fire Department in St. Marys is proudly celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Many local businesses are ...

“I think you saw the cancer boom somewhere in the 2000s up until today with the introduction of PFAS chemicals in the turnout gear.” Alsup said certainly the risks are there. “Firefighting ...