Quick Chat: Continental Girbau & Laundering Today's PPE

Aug. 25, 2020
Joel Jorgensen looks at four updates to NFPA 1851 that impact the cleaning of PPE and discusses how to set up functional laundry areas at fire stations.

Firehouse’s Janet Wilmoth talks with Joel Jorgensen, vice president of sales for Continental Girbau Laundry, about the PPE cleaning and their laundry machines for fire stations. The two discuss the changes to NFPA 1851, how to set up a PPE cleaning area in your fire stations and Continental Girbau's grant program.

About the Author

Janet A. Wilmoth | Special Projects Director

Janet Wilmoth grew up in a family of firefighters in a suburb of Chicago. Wilmoth, who is owner of Wilmoth Associates, worked with Fire Chief magazine for 27 years until it closed in 2013. She currently is the project director for Firehouse, overseeing the Station Design Conference.