Firefighter gear is shown at Portage Fire Division on Aug. 7, 2024. A grant awarded by Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity will help Portage buy 38 sets of PFAS-free personal ...

Our turnout gear is the No. 1 thing we’re looking at,” Horry County Fire Rescue Chief ... — Horry County’s firefighters are being outfitted with response equipment free of chemicals known ...

And effective Jan. 1, 2027, manufacturers and sellers of personal protective firefighter equipment will be prohibited from knowingly selling gear containing “intentionally-added PFAS ...

The City Council approved the purchase of new PFAS-free gear in a 3-2 vote on Wednesday. ... the new gear will cost $658,000 which will covered by American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Also this year, Concord, New Hampshire, approved $305,000 in funding for PFAS-free firefighter gear, WMUR-TV reported. Aside from the bans involving firefighter gear, several other states have ...

East Providence officials said the replacement gear will cost around $658,000, which will be paid for through the American Rescue Plan Act funds. Stay Connected Like Us ...

Horry County fire officials said they are moving toward PFAS-free gear to better protect firefighters from cancer-causing chemicals. The announcement comes as part of a broader effort to reduce ...

Meanwhile, Manchester’s fire department was set to receive its first delivery of PFAS-free gear on Thursday, according to Captain Brad Hood: twenty-six sets, two for each of 13 new recruits.

CHELMSFORD — Chelmsford’s newest firefighter made history, according to the Department of Fire Services, as the first in the state to complete the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s C… ...

Get a set of PFAS-free pots and pans and avoid potentially harmful "forever chemicals" while still being able to cook and clean easily. By Brandt Ranj Published Oct 2, 2024 12:00 PM EDT We may ...

Portage Public Safety's Fire Division is set to become one of Michigan's first departments to use PFAS-free gear, according to the City of Portage. Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Labor and ...