“Why do we need fire retardant coveralls?” he asked Stars and Stripes via Facebook Messenger Monday. “To fight fires, right? Well, what does the repair locker have? Fire retardant bulwark ...

to create an entire set of fire-resistant clothing. Between 250,000 and 300,000 sets of the new fire-resistant uniforms, including the shirts, are headed to the Middle East, which is enough to ...

Day after day for 26 years at her sewing machine, seamstress Mary Houle has pieced together strips of blue fabric and reflective tape to make the high quality, fire-retardant clothing worn by ...