Figure 1. A female firefighter wearing ill-fitted turnout gear. (Photo by Meredith McQuerry, 2020.) Injuries and PPC Previous literature has demonstrated a 33% greater risk of injury for women in ...

Snow, and later driving rain on every Saturday training day for weeks, and, of course, mud. Training is grueling in such ...

The East Providence Fire Department has become the first in the United States to purchase and use non-PFAS turnout gear ...

As South Africa enters the high-risk winter fire season, Sappi Southern Africa reflects not only on the serious threats that ...

As South Africa enters the high-risk winter fire season, Sappi Southern Africa has announced that it reflects not only on the serious threats that fires pose to forests, communities and livelihoods — ...

The 175 turnout coats received by East Providence Firefighters are the first of their kind in the U.S. fire service, officials say ...

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PFAS have been found in at least one location in 19 ...

A bill on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk could ban companies from manufacturing, selling, and distributing firefighting protective ...

A Florence firefighter and department received special recognition for rescuing a 4-year-old boy from a townhouse fire.

At the Berkeley Hills Fire Department, crews are ready for what the temperatures may bring over the next few days. But, these ...

EAST PROVIDENCE – In 2027 it will be illegal to distribute personal protective equipment for firefighting that contains certain toxic chemicals. The ban passed in the General Assembly this ...