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Breathing Air and Firefighter Safety

by Chief Richard Marinucci
 

Recent years have provided much more information about the increasing health risks to firefighters during the normal course of doing their job. One aspect is the toxicity of the environment in which the firefighters work. The content of the smoke is very hazardous to one’s health and would be classified as a hazardous material if it were not affiliated with a burning building. Those operating in this environment are subject to immediate danger as it would be classified as an IDLH and also to long-term effects on the body. More specifically, the toxins increase the risk of cancer significantly and can also trigger other health issues. Frankly, in these modern times, based upon the contents that can be burning, there is no telling all the dangers present.
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There’s no other building in Texas quite like this one.




From the outside, it looks like a sleek, modern high-rise. But it’s what’s inside that’s the real wave of the future.

That’s because Granite Park VII, a 10-story, 330,000 square-foot office building in Plano, is the first high-rise in Texas to be constructed with Firefighter Air Replenishment System (FARS)—dramatically increasing firefighter safety.

According to Plano Fire-Rescue District Chief Sam Greif, having a FARS 
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