{"id":2097,"date":"2017-10-13T22:32:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T22:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stlcofireacademy.com\/?page_id=2097"},"modified":"2023-07-05T15:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:05:01","slug":"protective-clothing-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stlcofireacademy.com\/?page_id=2097","title":{"rendered":"Protective Clothing Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1498229431694{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-197069f5ff9cdc8c0\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-197069f5ff9cdc8c0 uvc-740 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-197069f5ff9cdc8c0 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:26px;\",\"line-height\":\"desktop:32px;\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:20px;\">Protective Clothing Requirements<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"uvc-sub-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-197069f5ff9cdc8c0 .uvc-sub-heading '  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><span style=\"color: #1f365c;\"><strong>All protective clothing (i.e. helmet, protective hood, firefighting gloves, bunker coat, bunker pants\/trousers &amp; 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