Halifax spent more than $160,000 on the wrong type of wildfire protective gear, and the union for municipal firefighters says ...

The City of Montreal is investing millions of dollars to improve the health and safety of firefighters, including purchasing ...

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

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 ...

Two California lawmakers are working to remove a deadly chemical from firefighter gear. Assembly Bill 1181 comes more than a ...

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

Firefighting is an inherently high-risk occupation. Ensuring protective clothing and gear doesn’t further compromise the wearer’s safety should be a top priority.

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

California lawmakers want to ban toxic PFAS from firefighters’ protective gear AB 1181, introduced by Assemblymembers Matt Haney and John Harabedian, will be taken up by a Senate committee this week ...

The municipality spent thousands of dollars on wildfire coveralls in 2023, only to recently discover they were the wrong type ...

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York have already passed laws to phase out PFAS from firefighting gear by ...