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WASHINGTON — Four DC-area firefighters were awarded the PBI Golden Knights award after being injured in April 2011. Firefighters Warren Deavers, Ramon Hounshell and Charles ...
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By Pat Freeman As with most things in life, every argument has two sides. I have the pleasure of sitting on several NFPA technical committees with Jeff and Grace Stull and can tell ...
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It has often been said that if there is one property that firefighters feel they know about, it is thermal protective performance, or what most of us refer as TPP. TPP is what ...
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As a social experiment, we offered our Facebook fans a magic wand to change one thing about their PPE. We received some innovative answers, some goofy ones and even a few from ...
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In early May of 2012, FireRescue1 conducted a survey on firefighter ’s use of Personal Protective Equipment. We have posted the results to the survey below. They represent a ...
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The performance of garments and other types of clothing against liquids is based both on the product materials and its design. Both aspects of product performance are equally ...
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I've been a recreational runner most of my adult life. I've been a volunteer firefighter for the past three years. I've done a few running events now in partial turnout ...
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By Mark Mordecai and Pat Freeman Firefighters come in a remarkable range of shapes and sizes — which isn't surprising, as firefighters span the entire adult population ...
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The Intelligencer Journal/New Era Lancaster, Pa. — Two local fire departments have received almost $90,000 in grants from the federal government. Gap Fire Company received ...
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In the first part of this article, we outlined how standards on personal protective equipment establish minimum levels of performance that are intended to reflect firefighter ...
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Many federal and state regulations are not regularly updated and lack requirements for conformity assessment. ...
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Over the past 15 years, the fire service has increasingly embraced the fact that when it comes to health and safety, keeping protective clothing clean is as important as wearing ...
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Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and other disasters seem to be hitting us harder and more frequently — highlighting the crucial role technical rescue teams have in responding. ...
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Organizations must start the risk assessment with a serious and realistic reflection of the actual environments that the PPE will be expected to perform in, not just structural ...
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The term "measurement uncertainty" is a common expression that is applied in the laboratory testing business. It means that for any reported laboratory result, there is expected ...
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The interoperability of the various elements of the structural ensemble and how the various elements perform together is an issue within the fire service. ...
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The establishment of suitable test methods is not always simple and many methods often do not simulate how firefighters are exposed. ...
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The team will be developing totally new technologies for evaluating the thermal protective performance of wildland firefighter clothing ...
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When it comes to testing firefighter turnouts for contamination, there are also limitations of the sampling itself. Testing turnout gear for contamination levels involves taking ...
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The testing of contaminated PPE is most effective when there is reason to believe that specific chemicals are involved. ...
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