Fresno's firefighters are getting bulletproof vests

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Firefighters with the Fresno Fire Department volition soon beryllium equipped with bulletproof vests, metropolis officials announced Tuesday.

According to Councilmember Mike Karbassi, firefighters often respond to calls successful unpredictable and perchance unsafe circumstances, and ballistic vests would adhd an other furniture of extortion truthful crews tin absorption connected the task astatine manus without compromising their safety.

Officials accidental the determination to supply each of Fresno's firefighters with bulletproof vests follows nationalist trends of utilizing ballistic vests for exigency effect preparedness. City officials adhd that ballistic vests are designed to beryllium lightweight, durable, and compatible with the already 50 pounds of instrumentality they typically carry.

The determination to supply bulletproof vests for firefighters successful Fresno follows akin moves by occurrence departments successful Lodi and Stockton.