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Each Toronto fire station will have a heat-resistant asbestos suit like the one pictured, to supply maximum protection against flames and smoke. One h(...)
Each Toronto fire station will have a heat-resistant asbestos suit like the one pictured, to supply maximum protection against flames and smoke. One h(...)

Each Toronto fire station will have a heat-resistant asbestos suit like the one pictured, to supply maximum protection against flames and smoke. One h(...)

Date3/30/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: Each Toronto fire station will have a heat-resistant asbestos suit like the one pictured; to supply maximum protection against flames and smoke. One has bee delivered to Toronto fire department and others are on order. Hoods; masks and gloves are included in the new garb.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0112336F
      Suited for his work, Wearing an asbestos safety suit complete with its own supply of air, Alan Larimer safely walks through the flames of an oil fire (...)
      Suited for his work, Wearing an asbestos safety suit complete with its own supply of air, Alan Larimer safely walks through the flames of an oil fire (...)
      Teskey, Frank
      9/27/1962
      To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings, the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost
      To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings, the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost
      Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
      9/5/1942
      Helpful helmet: The Emergency Fire Hood provides protection from smoke and flames
      Helpful helmet: The Emergency Fire Hood provides protection from smoke and flames
      Cooper, David
      2/7/1983
      Fire toll: Paramedics rush one of the occupants of a burning apartment building to hospital last night after flames and smoke struck the 26-storey facility housing elderly and disabled people
      Fire toll: Paramedics rush one of the occupants of a burning apartment building to hospital last night after flames and smoke struck the 26-storey facility housing elderly and disabled people
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/8/1992
      The funnyman, Getting in the mood for tonight's opening Grandstant show Victor Borge tries out huge asbestos suit and a mobile fire truck boom
      The funnyman, Getting in the mood for tonight's opening Grandstant show Victor Borge tries out huge asbestos suit and a mobile fire truck boom
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/20/1965
      Mushrooming flames and smoke belch from refinery fire at Port Credit after pipeline exploded
      Mushrooming flames and smoke belch from refinery fire at Port Credit after pipeline exploded
      Brazao, Dale
      10/1/1978
      Smoke and flames mushroom from big fire at Polyresins plant on Beachwood Dr
      Smoke and flames mushroom from big fire at Polyresins plant on Beachwood Dr
      Darrell, Dick
      9/23/1977
      Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
      Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
      Spremo, Boris
      2/22/1990
      Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
      Braving intense heat and flames, 50 firefighters worked two hours to keep flames from reaching a storage shed containing volatile raw materials that o(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      7/15/1976
      Asbestos has been recognized as hazardous to health since 1935, because it tends to flake (see inset) and invade the lungs. After 2 months, the Royal Commission into asbestos has barely begun
      Asbestos has been recognized as hazardous to health since 1935, because it tends to flake (see inset) and invade the lungs. After 2 months, the Royal Commission into asbestos has barely begun
      Goode, Jeff
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      Asbestos plant workers at Matachewan cheer at midnight when they learn Ontario government has ordered the $33 million United Asbestos plant closed for(...)
      Asbestos plant workers at Matachewan cheer at midnight when they learn Ontario government has ordered the $33 million United Asbestos plant closed for(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      4/12/1976
      The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos
      The toll, Jean-Baptiste Fortin is an asbestos miner who has been disabled 100 per cent by asbestos
      Mahler, John
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