A non-traditional approach': Meridian fire training talks air preservation, controlled breathing

MERIDIAN — Firefighters are more likely to be diagnosed with and die from cancer.

That’s why departments from all over Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington and other states came to Meridian this week for the Firefighter Air Coalition’s training about how to manage air and avoid exposure to toxins and carcinogens, and “fundamental elements of managing air during fireground operations, physiological resiliency while on compressed air, tactics and operations in high rise and big box structures, and technology to support all of these,” according to a news release.