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The City of Montreal is investing millions of dollars to improve the health and safety of firefighters, including purchasing ...
Halifax spent more than $160,000 on the wrong type of wildfire protective gear, and the union for municipal firefighters says ...
A Spokane screen printing company is selling t-shirts to raise money for firefighters and families affected by Sunday's ...
This week, California firefighters and lawmakers convened at Fire Station 34 in Pasadena to promote a bill to eliminate toxic elements in firefighters’ garments, including perfluoroalkyl and ...
As reports of work-related cancer incidence among firefighters increase, the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department hosted three days ...
Two California lawmakers are working to remove a deadly chemical from firefighter gear. Assembly Bill 1181 comes more than a ...
Instead of installing more speed cameras, those tax dollars will now help ensure firefighters have reliable, life-saving gear ...
CANANDAIGUA, NY — Canandaigua Fire Chief Frank Magnera called the swearing in of five firefighters the beginning of their ...
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York have already passed laws to phase out PFAS from firefighting gear by ...
Our First Alert Meteorologist Alyssa Heilmann decided to check in with our local firefighters to learn how they handle the ...
The East Providence Fire Department has become the first in the United States to purchase and use non-PFAS turnout gear ...
Last year, another bill sought to ban PFAS from firefighters’ clothing but stalled. Proponents of the new bill say they believe it will succeed and that it has been designed to include airtight ...