Cleaning & Laundry

The Firehouse.com Cleaning & Laundry product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire station and firehouse cleaning and laundry service and products, including PPE washers and extractors, firfighter decontamination sinks and showers, laundry room equipment, PPE isolation gear options.

Cancer Prevention

Ambridge, PA, Fire Department Bolsters Cancer Reduction Efforts

RESCUE Intellitech

March 22, 2024

The department placed RESCUE Intellitech's SOLO Rescue Decon Washer into service on March 6.

Cleaning & Laundry

Report: Many RI Departments Can't Afford PPE Cleaning Equipment

Firehouse.com News

Oct. 5, 2023

Cleaning & Laundry

RESCUE Intellitech Partners with Dynamic International for Grant Funding

RESCUE Intellitech

July 6, 2023

May 23 Station Design Supplement Gear Eqpt Cleaning Update Pic 1

Cleaning & Laundry

Turnout Gear & Equipment Cleaning

Robert Mitchell

May 8, 2023

SD Awards and Conference

2023 Station Design Conference Preview

Firehouse Staff

Feb. 6, 2023

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Leadership

The Fire Scene: The New Fire Chief

John J. Salka Jr.

Oct. 17, 2022

Laundering at the firehouse—beyond cleaning turnout gear in extractors—deserves attention. Even at stations that employ Hot, Warm and Cold Zone design, contaminants (carcinogens, chemicals, bacteria, bedbugs, etc.) can infiltrate living areas. Conventional clothes washers and dryers, including those that have high-temperature operation, can help to mitigate such problems. Here, the Warwick, RI, Fire Department takes delivery of a GE washer and dryer that GE Appliances donated to the department via its GEA4Heroes program.

Cleaning & Laundry

Hot Picks: Clothes Washers & Dryers

Tom Williams

March 14, 2022

Cleaning & Laundry

Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners Receives Contract from Cobb County Fire Rescue

Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners

Feb. 11, 2022

Cleaning & Laundry

Emergency Technical Decon First PPE ISP Utilizing CO2 Technologies

Emergency Technical Decon

Oct. 8, 2021

Cleaning & Laundry

Emergency Technical Decon

Oct. 8, 2021

Cleaning & Laundry

Product of the Day: Ram Air TG-Series Turnout Gear Dryers

Ram Air Gear Dryer

Sept. 20, 2021

Ram Air’s new TG-Series Gear Dryers have the same great quality you expect from Ram Air but feature a smaller footprint than their predecessors.

Cleaning & Laundry

Product of the Day: DECON Series Equipment Washers

Meiko USA Inc.

Sept. 17, 2021

Get clean you can trust for your gear with MEIKO's DECON Series Equipment Washers.

Cleaning & Laundry

Product of the Day: Hard-Mounted Extractor 55

Groves, Inc./Ready Rack

Sept. 16, 2021

The Groves Hard-Mounted Extractor 55 (EWHM55) offers a high-capacity front-loading 55 lb. drum that can wash up to 10 pieces of turnout gear.

PPE

Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners, Fire Soaps and FireWipes Collaborate to Fight Firefighter Cancer

Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners

Aug. 30, 2021

In an effort to help reduce occupational cancers risks faced by firefighters every day, Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners, Fire Soaps and FireWipes are working toward a more comprehensive...