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Q&A with Dr. Graham Peaslee on New Oregon State University PFAS Gear Study

January 29, 2022 // 1 Comment

With new research recently published in the Environmental Science & Technology Letters on the continuing issue of PFAS laden Fire Gear. We reach out to Professor Graham [...]

New IAFF-Backed Fire Gear PFAS Study by Oregon State Discovers 100-Times More Volatile PFAS than Previously Known.

January 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

This past month, peer-reviewed research conducted by one of the best-known PFAS laboratories in the world, and backed by the International Association of Firefighters(IAFF) [...]

Harvard University Discovers Fire Station Dust Loaded with PFAS in Published Study

February 11, 2021 // 4 Comments

A new peer-reviewed study published recently in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology highlighting Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) [...]

Officers…Ask These Questions at a Hazardous Material Incident

January 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Author: Frank Docimo As a fire officer you have been given the responsibility under the law to understand, guide and direct a hazardous material emergency. 29 CFR 1910.120(q) [...]

Notre Dame University Pushes the Modern Fire Service to be Better.

October 21, 2019 // 3 Comments

In a recent commercial aired at half-time during last Saturday’s Notre Dame Football game; The University of Notre Dame puts the Fire Service on notice that [...]

Volunteer Servitude & The Enslavement of the Modern Fire Service

July 2, 2019 // 33 Comments

Firefighting is perhaps one of the oldest and most well-established institutions in what is now the United States of America. The roots of the North American firefighter can [...]

Welcome to Fire Service Middle Management

June 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

It was May 2017, and I had just promoted to an officer’s position. I stepped out back behind Station 2 to enjoy the late-spring weather when a city police officer pulled up [...]

Beard Bros

March 17, 2019 // 4 Comments

Beard Bros The Holidays are upon us. As I worked on this piece, I was frequently surrounded by Christmas cards. The cards arrived from all parts of the area; from hospitals, [...]

What We’re Born To Do: Lessons From the African Fire Service

February 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

Stepping out of the airport into the Nairobian air, it was immediately apparent this was going to be an experience unlike any other. After months of planning and [...]

Unused Fire Gear PFAS Test Results Are “Thousands of Times Higher” than EPA Drinking Water Standards

December 6, 2018 // 14 Comments

Here is what you need to know. The Last Call Foundation in Memory of Fallen Firefighter Michael Kennedy has assembled a committee to “Research Chemical Coatings in Fire [...]