Fire-service-industry

The numbers behind the cancer risks To set the stage, let’s examine the current statistics around cancer in firefighters. According to a 2017 National...

If you watch the news, you’ve seen them often in recent years. Red-clad French firefighters have been present on the scene after the attacks on Charlie Hebdo,...

Protection against heat The outer shell is the firefighter’s very first line of defense. It might seem like a no-brainer, but the fire suit wouldn’t be a fire...

You’d be surprised to learn just how many fire stations launder their fire suits in-house. It might seem harmless, but laundering your suits without proper...

We all know what a hero looks like. In the news, firefighters make a striking appearance confronting scenarios that exceed our worst nightmares. Today we take...

An important subject of debate in the firefighter community is the connection between particle contamination of ashes or smoke and a higher cancer rate amongst...

STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® is one of the world’s best-known labels for textiles tested for harmful substances. It stands for customer confidence and high...