Firefighters in New South Wales (NSW), Australia launched an urgent crowdfunding appeal to purchase better safety equipment after finding that state-issued face masks weren’t sufficient protection in the field.
“Our brigade has been desperately trying to protect homes and property – completely exhausted – and I’m horrified to say this, using NSW Rural Fire Service-issued dust masks to protect our airways,” Joe Arena, treasurer of Copacabana Rural Fire Brigade, told ABC Central Coast on Tuesday.
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