Laserfiche WebLink
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) inspects firefighting turnout gear when <br />they do site visits. The Town of Canton received a citation in 2016 for knowingly allowing its <br />firefighters to use expired firefighting turnout gear. <br /> <br />The majority of our firefighting turnout gear is five years from manufacture date or five years <br />from expiration. It is my recommendation, we continue to do annual firefighting turnout gear <br />inspections and repair or replace damaged components to include helmets, hoods, gloves, boots, <br />and turnout coats and pants when we find deficiencies. I also recommend that we adopt an <br />equipment replacement plan to start replacing firefighting turnout gear in 2021 through 2026. <br />This will allow the replacement of ten sets of firefighting turnout gear per year. This will also <br />allow us to spread the cost of this replacement of firefighting turnout gear out over five years. <br />62