PPE

The Firehouse.com PPE product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various firefighter and rescue personal protective equipment, including PPE, firefighting turnout gear, boots, gloves, hoods, helmets, eyewear, footwear, bunker gear, jackets and pants options.

In a major West Coast expansion, Gear Wash has announced its acquisition of Advanced PPE Company, a verified Independent Service Provider (ISP) with operations in Ventura, CA.

PPE

Gear Wash Continues Strong Growth with Strategic Acquisition of Advanced PPE

Gear Wash - PPE SafetyCare Services

Feb. 5, 2025

The Gear Wash network now encompasses 13 brick-and-mortar locations in proximity to some of the nation’s largest fire departments.

Through MagneGrip’s partnership with FireGrantsHelp.com, they can assist you with grant writing and application process.

Careers & Education

MagneGrip Offers Tips for the 2025 AFG Application Period

MagneGrip

Jan. 30, 2025

Franklin Township, NJ Swimming Pool Manufacturing Plant Fire

Operations & Training

Air Monitored near Gloucester County, NJ, Pool Business after Fire

Jan. 24, 2025

The new Founder's Jacket is just one of many ground-breaking products 5.11 is showing at SHOT Show 2025 in Las Vegas, NV.

Stationwear

5.11® Showcases Exciting New Products at SHOT Show 2025

Jan. 22, 2025

Stations

Four Questions About Your Fire Station

Janet A. Wilmoth

Jan. 21, 2025

Latest

Fire reignites at Moss Landing Power Plant, world's largest battery storage plant

Operations & Training

Sprinkler Failed in Monterey County, CA, Battery Storage Plant

Jan. 18, 2025

A full-face respirator that has P100 filters or SCBA should be used by fire investigators when they enter the fire scene, particularly in areas that have visible soot or debris. This investigator should put on gloves if he is going to touch anything that’s contaminated.

Safety & Health

Protecting Fire Investigators from Carcinogens

Jessica HIll

Jan. 8, 2025

PPE

Municipal Emergency Services Acquires West Shore Fire in MI

Municipal Emergency Services

Dec. 26, 2024

Turnout Gear

Milliken & Company Becomes First Textile Manufacturer to Offer Non-PFAS Materials for Every Layer of Firefighter Turnout Gear

Milliken & Company

Dec. 19, 2024

The TG-6H heated bunker gear dryer holds as many as 12 pieces of gear, 6 helmets and 18 accessories.

Safety & Health

Firehouse Labs: Ram Air Gear Dryer TG-6H

Firehouse Staff

Dec. 19, 2024

Testing in Fairfax County, VA, provided valuable insights into best practices for preliminary exposure reductions. Using a contamination surrogate, the study determined optimal brush styles and usage timing for effective decon. Note the contamination that still is on the mask and neck area.

Safety & Health

Exposure Reduction for Aggressive Fire Departments

Dec. 19, 2024

Jamie Little firmly believes in maintaining an aggressive nature on the fireground. That doesn't mean that he believes that members must accept the risks that result from exposure...

It can be challenging to reapply sunscreen regularly during a day of outdoor training, with so much going on and the least thing that’s thought about being sun protection. Wearing SPF clothing takes sunscreen out of the equation for the parts of the body that the clothing covers.

Safety & Health

SPF Clothing: Protect Your Skin On and Off the Fireground

Frank Leeb

Dec. 18, 2024

Frank Leeb taps his inner tailor to provide everything that members must know about clothing that protects against the sun's harmful rays to minimize cancer risks.

Firefighters are 1.31 times more likely to develop brain cancer than the general population is. Complacency is members' worst enemy.

Safety & Health

Heads Up! Raising Awareness of Occupational Brain Cancer

John Haseney

Dec. 17, 2024

John Haseney shares data from firefighter-focused brain cancer studies and symptoms that members who have brain cancer experience, all in effort to turn complacency into awareness...