It is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month! Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department is committed to reducing occupational cancer risk. After fire incidents, firefighters go through a gross decontamination. Gear is then bagged and transported back to the fire station in an outside compartment or the fire hose bed of an engine. It is then picked up by the Logistics/Gear Center truck for transport to the gear cleaning center. Once clean, the gear is returned to the appropriate fire station by the logistics truck.
It is also recommended that crews shower and wash twice as soon as possible upon their return to the fire station from the fire scene.
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