VIDEO: Twenty-five years ago, floodwaters could no longer be held back in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks leading to catastrophic loss of property. It’s something people who lived there will never forget. One man who still lives in Grand Forks was part of the National Weather Service at the time, a place some people and politicians blamed for a bad flood prediction.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVRR-TV FOX 15 Fargo

Three fallen Baltimore firefighters and the Clayton, Del. fire chief who last month died in a fall will be honored before the DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway next month. Family members of Baltimore firefighters Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler and Kenny Lacayo, and Clayton Fire Company Fire Chief John M.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

The Dundee Fire Department will celebrate the 182nd anniversary of the volunteer emergency responder group, Saturday, April 23. The event, which was originally planned to commemorate the 180th anniversary was delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. will feature an open house with old department trucks, apparatus on display and a children's section.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Observer Review & Express

On Wednesday, April 20th, at 12:30 AM, the Spokane Fire Department (SFD) was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at the 4000 block of West Princeton Ave. The first company arrived within 3-minutes and found heavy smoke coming from the front door and upgraded the incident to a working fire. One resident was quickly rescued from the heat and smoke and was treated by on scene fire crews.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Spokane

Decontaminating and removing dangerous carcinogens from a firefighter’s PPE gear and skin is crucial to their health. Ready Rack strives to continue pushing to make safer and stronger decon methods that are easy to apply to any fire department’s routine. The company’s latest advance is the new Ready™ Decon line, which features a detergent, PPE and surface cleaner, and skin wash.

All three solutions are developed using CDC-backed science specifically for first responders to protect themselves from harmful toxins that can degrade turnout gear while causing long-term illnesses. The Ready™ Decon line aims to be the strongest full-spectrum decontamination line available in the firefighting industry, cleaning all three major classes of contaminates, while also adhering to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting (2000).

Ready™ Decon Detergent

Ready™ Decon Detergent washes and protects clothing and turnouts, making it easier than ever to make sure your protective gear lasts longer! Ready™ Decon Detergent can pull out dirt, toxic chemicals, metal oxides, plastic residue, soot, drug residue, and cationic nuclear isotopes from turnouts without including harmful chemicals such as D-limonene. The detergent also doesn’t contain any citrus-based solvents. Ready™ Decon Detergent keeps your gear clean without destroying it in the process!

Ready™ Decon PPE & Surface Cleaner:

Firehouse and PPE cleaners need to be tough without leaving anything harmful behind or damaging expensive gear. Many cleaners that take on oil, grease, and soot can damage team members or their PPE. For this reason, Ready™ Decon PPE & Surface Cleaner goes above and beyond typical all-purpose cleaners by meeting and exceeding NFPA 1851 when it comes to cleaning turnout gear. In addition to being safe to use on PPE, it is also safe for the fire apparatus, helmets, SCBA, and more!

Ready™ Decon Skin Cleanser

Ready™ Decon Skin Cleanser is a foaming soap designed to help firefighters safely lift away toxins from their skin after a job or handling dirty gear. This firehouse cleansing soap does not contain trisodium phosphates, which are dangerous to first responders because they may help transport toxins deeper into the skin layers and possibly into the bloodstream. Ready™ Decon Skin Cleanser does everything your regular soap does and more.

“The new Ready™ Decon line was some of the best we’ve used,” Ken Destree, a deputy fire chief from Cary, Illinois. “It worked great for getting our gear and firefighters safely cleaned and ready for the next call. We are excited to have these new products to address ongoing cancer concerns.”

Be sure to visit Ready Rack at FDIC International 2022 and learn more about the new Ready™ Decon product line.