{"id":18480,"date":"2022-06-17T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unimac.com\/latam\/?p=17485"},"modified":"2022-09-19T20:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T20:41:46","slug":"other-fire-departments-can-learn-from-framinghams-recipe-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unimac.com\/latam\/news\/other-fire-departments-can-learn-from-framinghams-recipe-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Other fire departments can learn from Framingham\u2019s recipe for success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s no secret that firefighting is an occupation fraught with danger. It takes a special kind of hero to run into situations that most of us run from. That danger should not continue for firefighters upon returning to the station. Unfortunately, the gear that is designed to keep them safe, can harbor dangerous carcinogens.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With the rates of cancer within the firefighting industry far too high to ignore, increasingly departments are focused not just on designing processes and procedures to clean turnout gear, but also change the mindset among staff. For years, \u201cseasoned\u201d bunker gear, that is soot-covered shells, was the badge of honor among firefighters \u2013 testament to the hot, smoky battles veteran officers fought. Changing that mindset has been just as important.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Framingham, Mass. Fire Department has been successful on both fronts \u2013 processes and mindset shift \u2013 building community support to upgrade laundry equipment and putting a heavy focus on training.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe\u2019re not interested in creating a \u2018big brother\u2019 situation; what FireLinc helps us do is create teachable moments,\u201d Chief Michael Dutcher said of stressing the foundational message to staff in implementing gear cleaning protocols is, \u201cwe want you to live long lives.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Framingham\u2019s recipe for success included equal parts technology, training, processes, and community support. To read more about the department\u2019s story, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/p.widencdn.net\/npatgx\/DL_AU18-0066_CaseStudy_FraminghamFireLinc_en-US\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">click here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Watch our interview with Chief Dutcher below<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, or to learn about UniMac\u2019s full solution for the fire industry, visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unimac.com\/latam\/industries\/fire\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">fire industry page<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Framingham Fire Department FireLinc Case Study\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GAgUR5GYOns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:160}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret that firefighting is an occupation fraught with  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":1192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Other fire departments can learn from Framingham\u2019s recipe for success - Unimac Latam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s no secret that firefighting is an occupation fraught with danger. 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