Firefighter PPE Cleaning Tips

Firefighting is a dirty job, which is why keeping your gear clean is so important. Not only do firefighters pick up a lot of dirt and soot while responding to calls, but they also encounter potentially dangerous materials. These include toxic gases, smoke particulates...

Wildfire Firefighting Tactics

The term wildfire is one we are seeing and hearing more frequently. That’s because wildfires — unplanned fires that burn in natural areas — can be extremely harmful to nature, wildlife and humans. Roughly 70,000 wildfires have been documented since 1983. It is...

Firefighter PPE Checklist: The Essentials

Firefighters need to carry a lot of gear, and there’s a good reason for that. It would be much more difficult, if not impossible, for these first responders to keep others safe from fires if they were just as vulnerable themselves. In addition to the immediate threat...