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    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.
    Photos courtesy of Cobb County, GA, Fire and Emergency Services
    The Cobb Fire Annex contains the department’s apparatus maintenance, support services, facility maintenance, laundry, EMS warehouse, small-engine repair, air laboratory and physical agility training center.
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    Beyond the Calls: How Logistics Sustains Firehouse Operations

    Adam Storey
    Oct. 15, 2024
    Cobb County, GA, Fire and Emergency Services’ purchase and refurbishment of a glass manufacturing facility changed how the department delivers products to its stations and conducts...
    Photo courtesy of GE Appliances
    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
    Conversations about firefighter health and safety in the firehouse usually don't include discussion about clothes washers and dryers, but they should.
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    Cleaning & Laundry

    Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners Receives Contract from Cobb County Fire Rescue

    Minerva Bunker Gear Cleaners
    Feb. 11, 2022
    As part of the award, the Cobb County Fire Rescue has leased Minerva in-house warehouse and office space within their Fire Annex as to provide in-house cleaning and repair for...
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    Cleaning & Laundry

    Emergency Technical Decon First PPE ISP Utilizing CO2 Technologies

    Emergency Technical Decon
    Oct. 8, 2021
    The CO2+ process has been found to remove 84% of loose per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighter PPE.
    Edt Wide
    Cleaning & Laundry

    Emergency Technical Decon

    Oct. 8, 2021
    ETD’s patented liquid CO2 cleaning process significantly increases the life of PPE (compared to standard wet cleaning) while providing complete decontamination. The technology...
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    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.