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U.S. Forest Service to provide firefighters with masks after news coverage highlights health risks

The U.S. Forest Service will begin providing wildfire crews with masks to protect against smoke, reversing a decades-long policy banning protective gear after The New York Times spotlighted severe ...
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Forest Service reverses decades-long ban, allows wildfire firefighters to use N95 masks

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Alan Gudino, right, shields his face while battling the Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County in July. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) The U.S. Forest Service has ...
The New York Times

U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections

The Forest Service is reversing course as it faces growing pressure over workers falling ill with cancer and lung disease. The move is part of a flurry of changes to aid firefighters. By Hannah Dreier ...
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Wildland firefighters risk dangerous smoke exposure even with new mask guidance

The reversal of a decades-old U.S. Forest Service policy means that federal wildland firefighters can now mask up if they want to — something Washington’s state wildland firefighters have been able to ...
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Forest service reverses decades-long ban, allows wildfire firefighters to use N95 masks

The U.S. Forest Service has announced it is reversing a ban on federal firefighters wearing masks, and will give crews protective N95s as they battle increasingly intense fires across the nation. For ...