Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited (Hunter) has been appointed to six lots of the NFCC National Firefighter PPE Framework, covering the complete firefighter PPE ensemble under managed service, its lifecycle care and specialist decontamination. The full offer will be at the Emergency Services Show this month.

The framework is the national arrangement through which UK fire and rescue services can procure firefighter personal protective equipment, managed provision, lifecycle care and specialist decontamination. It is sponsored by the National Fire Chiefs Council, and the contracting authority is Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority.

Lot Title
Lot 1 Full and Partial Managed Service
Lot 3 Firehoods
Lot 6 Footwear
Lot 7 Lightweight PPE
Lot 8 Cleaning, Maintenance and Repair
Lot 9 Specialist Decontamination

 

What the six lots let a service do

Under Lot 1, Hunter provides the complete ensemble, fully or partially managed, structural and lightweight PPE, helmets, gloves, boots and Hunter’s own FireHunter® X-treme Gold hoods. Head-to-toe supplied, tracked, inspected, repaired and cleaned on a cost-per-firefighter basis, with weekly collection and delivery.

Firehoods, footwear and lightweight PPE can also be bought outright under Lots 3, 6 and 7. Lifecycle care and specialist decontamination sit under Lots 8 and 9, and a service that buys its own PPE can use those lots without taking a managed contract. This means Hunter’s award-winning services HunterCARE® and Deconology® are available to all.

Lots 8 and 9 — what happens after the fire

Lot 8 Cleaning, Maintenance and Repair is delivered through HunterCARE®, covering inspection, care, repair and cleaning. Every interaction is digitally recorded against the individual garment and visible to the service through HunterPAC®, with inspection, cleaning, repair and end-of-life control aligned to BS ISO 23616:2024.

Lot 9 Specialist Decontamination is delivered through Deconology®, Hunter’s LCO₂+ decontamination service and winner of a British Safety Industry Federation Safety Solution award in 2025. It works without water and without high temperature, in a short cycle with no additional drying, meaning kit is kept in service, ensuring resilience. Deconology® is now available to all UK Fire and Rescue Services, and can decontaminate to 99% efficacy, including even the waterproof membrane, which cannot be decontaminated using water.

At the Emergency Services Show

Hunter and Texport® are co-exhibiting at the Emergency Services Show, NEC Birmingham, Hall 5, stands G60 and G62, on 16th and 17th September 2026. The framework guide and framework ensemble will be built head to toe, as it would be issued to a firefighter, and there to pick up and handle.

“Being named on six of the Lots reflects Hunter’s last nine decades of doing one thing properly, protecting the people who protect everyone else. What matters now is what we do with the opportunity. Every fire and rescue service in the UK now has a direct, compliant route to the full lifecycle of firefighter protection through a single supplier, and we intend to earn that trusting relationship service by service.”

— Simon Hunter Esq M.B.E., Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited

About Hunter Apparel Solutions

Founded in 1936, Hunter is a family-owned business now in its fourth generation, supplying and maintaining protective equipment for emergency responders and frontline workers across the UK and Ireland. Hunter provides PPE supply, managed services, lifecycle care through HunterCARE®, and specialist LCO₂+ decontamination through Deconology®. The company has been recognised three times by the British Safety Industry Federation. Its purpose is a simple one: to protect those on whom society depends.

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Steven Cooke, Chief Customer Experience Officer – steven.cooke@hunterapparelsolutions.com

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Jude Hunter, Business Development Manager – Jude.hunter@hunterapparelsolutions.com