YOUR VIEW: Protect firefighters from carcinogens - Plymouth Independent

YOUR VIEW: Protect firefighters from carcinogens - Plymouth Independent

I recently came across an Instagram profile of a group of Plymouth firefighters training for the Firefighter Challenge. The Firefighter Challenge is a nationwide sporting event in which firefighters are required to wear turn out gear while engaging in a series of simulated firefighting tasks. In the Instagram posts, Plymouth firefighters wear full turn out gear to work out (off duty) using the hoses, stairs, dummies etc. associated with fire dri…