Unlike the thick, heavy coat and pants used to fight a structural fire, wildland gear is like something you might wear camping with extra heat protection. The NIST team tested four types of gloves ...

Wildland firefighter gear is designed to strike a series of delicate, life-or-death balances. It must be heavy-duty enough to protect its wearer from the searing heat of 1000°F flames ...

The latest NIST study provides more information about exposure risk for firefighters from their firefighting protective gear.

whether it’s a heavy bunker protective equipment they wear, heavy boots, you know things like that, when you are out in the wildland where you may be walking miles at a time, it could become ...

"We've upped our game," said Strain, whose agency oversees wildland fires in Louisiana ... also established a training school for heavy firefighting equipment that conducts multiple classes ...

The firefighters battling the Palisades blaze are being exposed to hazardous substances like carbon monoxide, and heavy metals ... in wildland firefighter protective gear, precautions, and ...