Less than a month after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law providing critical benefits to firefighters with cancer, fire departments are also doing more in prevention and protection for their own.
At the Naples City Council Monday morning, Naples Fire-Rescue Dept. presented a plan to help further minimize exposure to carcinogens for firefighters.
The plan calls for a diesel exhaust capture system, which would amount to a filter being attached to every fire truck. It captures carcinogens from exhaust fumes before they are spewed into the air.
They have said the system would protect firefighters and the environment. The department also plans to update its portable breathing devices firefighters use to minimize exposure they face at a hazmat scene, for instance.