The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), a labor union representing more than 330,000 firefighters, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the group that set the standard for fire protection gear.

Millions of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be distributed to schools across Texas for the 2020-2021 academic year. School districts are being provided disposable and reusable masks, face shields, gloves, no-contact thermometers, and hand sanitizer. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) calculated PPE allotment by using 2019-2020 student and on-campus staff counts. While total numbers of equipment vary, 70% of every school districts masks supply will be adults size and the remaining 30% will be student/child size and face shields are available in adult size only. To view how much PPE was allotted in your school zone, select your district in the drop-down bar.

Millions of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been ordered to help Texas school systems reopen for the 2019-2021 school year. According to the Texas Education Agency, 50,000,000 disposable masks for students and staff were ordered. Other supplies that were ordered included 10,000,000 gloves for staff members, 40,000 thermometers, 500,000 gallons of hand sanitizers, 12,500,000 reusable masks, tentative face shields, and desk dividers. The PPE is expected to arrive between mid-July and early August. The TEA said districts maintain the discretion and responsibility for distributing the PPE as they see fit.