A recent study shows that the turnout gear firefighters wear is full of chemicals to keep it dry, but those chemicals, known as PFAS, have been known to be toxic and may be contributing to diseases.

SCRANTON, Pa. - There are some things most of us just wouldn't attempt. Running into a burning building might be one. Running 13 miles in full firefighter turnout gear might be another. But Ryan ...

Ryan Robeson, a firefighter in York, Pennsylvania, ran a half-marathon in his hometown of Scranton in full gear. He completed 13 miles in 3.5 hours.

Running a half marathon is hard enough. But one Pennsylvania man did it while wearing 50 pounds of firefighting gear, including an air tank. Firefighter Ryan Robeson ran 13.1 miles Sunday in boots ...

Six men, dressed in full firefighter garb, took to the streets to run the race as a relay. With an air tank, helmet, mask, and suit, each runner carried about 70 pounds of gear.

Turnout gear. Bunkers. Whatever the term is that you use to describe your personal protective equipment (PPE), the objective has always been the same: protect. But while improvements in technology ...

At exactly 8:46 a.m. every September 11 -- the moment when the first hijacked plane struck the Twin Towers in 2001 -- firefighters around the nation begin their ritual.

Some firefighters and officers are staunch advocates that any time we get on any fire apparatus for any call, ... a day that it doesn’t make any sense to put on full turnout gear.

At exactly 8:46 a.m. every September 11 -- the moment when the first hijacked plane struck the Twin Towers in 2001 -- firefighters around the nation begin their ritual.

When a firefighter wearing full turnout gear is injured, ever wonder how you should go about getting them stripped without jeopardizing immobilization? While there is a lot of literature available ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- On March 3, Clark County District 6 firefighters will dress in full gear and climb a Stairmaster outside the Hazel Dell Fred Meyer as part of the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb ...

COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - This past weekend, a Cook County firefighter completed a 5k Honor Walk in North Georgia in full gear to honor the firefighters who died in the 9/11 terrorist attack.