EMS protection and NFPA 1999

Angie Shepherd, of NIOSH, explains the importance of wearing emergency medical protective clothing given the fact most firefighter calls are medical related. She recently completed a project to revamp offerings of medical protective clothing, which resulted in the 2008 revision of NFPA 1999.

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