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Elkridge Company Donates PPE To Local Fire Departments

ELKRIDGE, Md. (WJZ) -- Several fire departments in the area are getting new personal protective equipment thanks to an Elkridge company.

Flir Systems donated 105 advanced fire and chemical flash suits worth more than $240,000 to the Annapolis, Howard County and Baltimore County fire departments.

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The company had used the suits for its work with a defense department chem-bio detection training program.

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