Environmental Science & Technology Letters — found that certain firefighter turnout gear contains brominated flame retardants ...

More than $250,000 in provincial funding is heading to area fire departments for safety upgrades, aimed largely at reducing ...

The department worked with textile innovator Milliken & Company and gear manufacturer Fire-Dex to fulfill the order, whose ...

Some firefighter gear is manufactured with chemicals called brominated flame retardants that could pose a risk to firefighter ...

From the outside, firefighter response gear doesn't look terribly high-tech. The coats, pants, gloves and boots don’t differ much from regular versions of the same items. But the makeup of this ...

In this conversation with Peter Askey of Ricochet Gear, you’ll learn how a Philadelphia-based manufacturer has revolutionized structural firefighting gear since 1999. Askey explains Ricochet’s ...

WITHOUT THESE SO-CALLED FOREVER CHEMICALS. IF YOU HEAD OUT TO THE FIRE EXPO SHOW, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AND GEAR, INCLUDING GEAR THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN THOSE SO-CALLED ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every time he rushed out on a fire call, East Providence Lt. Thomas Votta knew he put himself at risk for cancer. There are potential carcinogens in the smoke billowing ...