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       Federal firefighters will be encouraged to wear N95 respirators
       in major policy reversal June 24, 2026
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: July 6, 2026, 12:13 am
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       Federal firefighters will be encouraged to wear N95 respirators
       in major policy reversal
       June 24, 2026
       Although wildland firefighters are at high risk for
       smoke-related health issues, the U.S. Forest Service has been
       slow to offer protection. For decades, respirators weren’t
       allowed.
       For the first time, federal firefighters will be encouraged to
       wear respirators to protect them against smoke-related hazards
       as they work to put out wildland blazes.
       The Forest Service announced Wednesday that firefighters were
       authorized to use N95 respirators on the fire line, a major
       policy reversal as the agency for decades did not allow such
       protections, even as studies demonstrated the health harms of
       wildfire smoke.
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/firefighters-wear-n95-respirators-policy-change-rcna351438
       COMMENT:
       What century do we live in!? Seriously firefighters haven't been
       wearing n95 masks for many years now to protect themselves from
       harmful smoke!? I have to ask what have they been smoking!? I
       figured firefighters wore masks.. bless their poor hearts ..this
       is nuts that they haven't been wearing masks.You mean to tell me
       they just discovered Wildland firefighters have a higher risk of
       lung cancer and cardiovascular disease!?
       Man, talk about behind the times!.. I thought everybody knew
       things on fire produced harmful smoke by now! I thought people
       just knew those things. It's shocking to me..I just thought
       everybody instinctively knows giant buring fires and massive
       smoke is bad for the health. This study was long overdue.
       Looky here, this is crazy a first responder be they a
       firefighter, ambulance driver or police officer rushes onto a
       scene where massive fire, smoke, ashes are pouring into the air
       and they are there to help escort elderly, disabled people or
       any age group for that matter in need;  and these professionals
       don't have masks on nor do they have masks to hand out in
       emergency conditions!? Don't you wanna be able to at least hand
       out some N95 masks when smoke is billowing in the air towards
       helpless victims!? lol.. that's crazy to breathe in that stuff!
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