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A hot new cleaning solution for Italy’s firefighters


Clean Spark, a new solution from DIHR, is helping the Italian Fire Brigade to keep essential equipment in good working order. Jim Banks explores how this technology is suitable for an application where lives are on the line


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Above: DIHR's Marco Brugnolaro (right) greets a member of the Italian Fire Brigade Command


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very day, firefighters place themselves in harm’s way to save lives, protect property, and prevent tragedies from disrupting lives. Tey rely on courage, intensive training, and sophisticated equipment to get the job done, and the condition


of their personal protective equipment (PPE) is of paramount importance. PPE needs to be thoroughly and consistently


cleaned after use, not only to ensure that it enables firefighters to do their job effectively, but also to protect their health. Tis became particularly crucial during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the removal of bacteria and viruses jumped to the top of the agenda, but it is just as important to remove chemicals, bodily fluids, smoke and many other potential contaminants with which they may come into contact in the course of their duties. Te quality of the cleaning process is, therefore,


essential to the performance of a firefighter’s duties, but it may not be given the emphasis it requires compared to other pressing considerations such as training or vehicle maintenance. In Italy, however, many regional fire brigades have come to realize that the cleaning of equipment must be done quickly, efficiently and to a very high standard. As a result, they have turned to warewashing experts DIHR.


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