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Make sure firefighters have the protection and confidence to do their job safely and effectively by following provisions outlined in NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting. The new 2020 edition features significant changes to cleaning requirements, reflecting the most current industry standards with revised tables, rewritten headings, and two new decisions trees for determining appropriate cleaning procedures.