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  2. Bunker gear - Wikipedia

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    Bunker gear (also known as turnout gear, fire kit and incident gear [original research?]) is the personal protective equipment (PPE) used by firefighters. The term is derived from the fact that the trousers and boots are traditionally kept by the firefighters bunk at the fire station to be readily available for use.

  3. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    (Attack line) A use classification of a fire fighting hose connected to output of a pump or other pressure source (e.g., gravity). Fire hose used to apply water or other fire fighting agent directly to a fire or burning substance. Typically of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) diameter or less in the United States. Historically 1.5 inch hose was the ...

  4. Firefighting apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The first self-propelled steam-driven fire engine was built in New York in 1841. It was the target of sabotage by firefighters and its use was discontinued, and motorized fire engines did not become commonplace until the early 1900s. The dawn of the 20th Century brought about the age of the motorized fire apparatus.

  5. Fire proximity suit - Wikipedia

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    Firefighters training at a U.S. Air Force base in fire proximity suits Detail of fire proximity suit. A fire proximity suit (also, silvers, silver bunker suit, or asbestos suit) is a suit designed to protect a firefighter or volcanologist from extremely high temperatures. They were first designed and used in the 1930s.

  6. San Francisco poised to become first U.S. city to ban ... - AOL

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    'Forever chemicals' in firefighting gear. Lt. Magaly Saade, a firefighter and training instructor at the San Francisco Fire Department, has had cancer twice, forcing her to undergo radiation and a ...

  7. Bill banning PFAS in firefighter gear passes House, on its ...

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    It would also completely sunset the use of intentionally-added PFAS in firefighter equipment by 2027. The bill received bipartisan support in the Senate, and appears on its way to Gov. Maura ...

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