U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., has introduced new legislation to investigate the cancer risks of industrial chemicals commonly used in firefighters' gear.

In 1973, the NFPA's Technical Committee on Protective Equipment for Fire Fighters began working on a preliminary standard for firefighter protective clothing that would later become NFPA 1971.

Firefighter Rod MacKinnon, left, and Lt. Chris Stevens wear their personal protective equipment as they respond to a call on Aug. 24, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Heightened Concerns ...

Now, Brockton discourages firefighters from wearing turnout gear in living quarters and encourages them to wash it after fires. It's stored on trucks and is only to be worn for serious calls like ...

Firefighters suffer from disproportionately high rates of cancer, including types that have been linked to PFAS exposure such as testicular cancer, prostate cancer, mesothelioma, and non-Hodgkin ...

Firefighters, he said, know the work they’ve signed up for is dangerous. “But,” he said, “what they don’t sign up for is putting on clothing and protective gear that gives them cancer. It’s grotesque.

A Brockton firefighter walks past protective gear at Station 1, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Brockton, Mass. – AP Photo/Steven Senne.

Firefighters are concerned that safety gear laced with the toxic industrial compound PFAS could be one reason why ... A Brockton firefighter walks past protective gear at Station 1, Thursday ...

These studies do not support assertions that wearing firefighter turnout gear has led to increased levels of PFAS in firefighters’ blood. In 2011, as part of the C8 Science Panel, 37 ...

DEDHAM, Mass. — A union that represents more than 300,000 professional firefighters and paramedics across the United States and Canada is arguing that the protective gear firefighters wear on ...

I was disturbed to see two photos in two days of New Haven firefighters in danger and distress, surrounded by clouds of heavy smoke. The caption under one photo begins: "A New Haven firefighter ...

Halifax spent more than $160,000 on the wrong type of wildfire protective gear, and the union for municipal firefighters says the mix-up is just one example that the department is not properly ...