Port firefighters go pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Fri, 10/15/2010
If you see a pink color on the hands of firefighters at Sea-Tac Airport this month, don't be surprised.
To support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, firefighters from the Port of Seattle will be wearing pink surgical gloves to all aid calls through October. With an average of 15 aid calls per day, firefighters are expected to go through nearly 1,500 of the pink surgical gloves.
The idea came from one of the Port fire fighters and the medical supplier made the pink gloves available.
The Port's fire department includes 65 firefighters who respond to aircraft incidents and accidents, structural fires, hazardous materials, and emergency medical services on airport property as well as mutual aid in local communities.