MOSCOW, Idaho, – Clothing that can protect firefighters so they can protect the public is very much on the mind of University of Idaho clothing, textiles and design professor Sonya Meyer these days.

Imec, UGent, Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris, Connect Group and Sioen have developed a firefighters’ suit with integrated sensors to drastically reduce burning incidents suffered by firefighters ...

Every firefighter’s duty is to save lives and property, but who saves firefighters? A new company is trying to do just that, and is enlisting Fall River seamstresses as help. 9 Alarm Apparel is on a ...

San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the country to issue a ban on firefighter clothing manufactured with so-called forever chemicals. Local lawmakers are expected to pass an ordinance ...

Firefighters’ associations have long been vocal about the dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their turnout gear. Their voices were unheard by legislators until last year, when ...

I worked as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service for four summers, the past two with a hotshot crew of 20 experienced firefighters who travel all over the country and spend most of the ...

VISTA, Calif.VISTA, Calif. — When customers tell Niki Rasor her custom-made handbags are smokin’ hot, they’re not too far from the truth. The Vista mother of four makes purses, backpacks, totes and ...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design want to make clothing better suited for female firefighters. As part of the five-year study, the team is working to improve women’s ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI -- Christmas came a few days early for dozens of children, thanks to the efforts of a Jackson-area firefighters union. As part of its annual clothing drive, members of the ...