Firefighter Cancer
The cancer resource page features news, information, videos, podcasts and feature articles about this massive health issue facing the fire service.
Free cancer screening in response to recent legislation will help detect cancer in approximately 900 firefighters every two years
The Health and Human Services Department has decided not to terminate Dr. John Howard amid plans to lay off two-thirds of NIOSH staff, preserving leadership of the World Trade Center Health Program
Republicans and Democrats sounded the alarm over Kennedy’s plan to gut NIOSH, warning it could cripple the 9/11 health program that thousands of first responders and survivors rely on
Patrick Mataraza, an FDNY lieutenant, president of PBFD and friend of the family, said the word resilient best described Richard “Ricky” Tanagretta
CancerDogs screening detects cancer missed during annual physical and dermatologist visit
Firefighters from the Greensboro, Raleigh and Durham Fire Departments are wearing wristbands that will collect data on what firefighters are exposed to every day
Some of our newest members had not yet been born when the fire service suffered its darkest day
Researchers compared firefighters’ exposure to toxins during different fireground tasks and attack types
Highlighting 16 changes to the standard and how they impact firefighters
The RedZone particulate blocking firefighter hood from LION closes the point of entry for particulates and vapors
Prevention and early detection are critical to helping firefighters manage cardiovascular, cancer and mental health issues
Brian McDaniel retired after being diagnosed with prostate cancer and was previously denied workers compensation twice
Dango Nguyen was a member of the Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services for almost 20 years
Phoenix Fire Department members gathered to see Emery Beck off to her first day of kindergarten
Kevin Leago is due about $60,000 in back pay for workdays he missed because of his illness and can seek treatment at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The goal is to provide each of the 42 Seven Hills firefighters with two sets of hoods and gloves
Tucson Fire Department Capt. Glenn Fleck detailed in a video, taped before his death, his struggles with cancer caused by the use of tobacco
The fire department exhibited their new ‘do’ on a Facebook video to show support to a firefighter’s daughter who is battling cancer
With the help of his community, Joey Geist, 9, set up ‘Joey’s Juices’ as a fundraising effort to beat cancer to honor his firefighter father who died earlier this year
Richard Driscoll, a Vietnam veteran, retired from Engine Co. 91 in East Harlem in 2002 after serving the department for 32 years
Firefighter Kevin Nolan, 58, is the 199th person to pass away from Ground Zero-related sickness
The new gear is designed with “particulate protection technology,” which blocks smoke from going up a firefighter’s body through the arms and legs
FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Miuccio was among the first responders who helped recover the bodies of those who lost their lives following the terrorist attacks
The city’s fire chief says inadequate equipment is partly to blame for the increase in mercury and other harmful chemicals in firefighters’ blood
Luis Alvarez assumed the spotlight to push Congress into action to aid first responders who developed life-threatening diseases from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
Senate Bill 426 provides health benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer
Detective Luis Alvarez was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2016, which he traced to the three months spent in the rubble of the World Trade Center’s twin towers after the 2001 terrorist attacks
Detective Luis Alvarez appeared with comedian Jon Stewart earlier this month to plead with Congress to extend the fund
Wes Hubbard, an Ames firefighter who helped to organize Story County Responders Care, said volunteers for the group have dwindled and there aren’t enough funds coming in to help ensure and fuel the vehicle
The ride is raising money for the Fire Fighter Cancer Foundation and a scholarship endowment for the Crafton Hills College Fire Academy
Older bunker gear may expose firefighters to harmful chemicals
Myrtle Beach company officers share their departments simple steps for reducing exposure to carcinogens
State Fire Administrator Jeff Morrissette said there is “no way of knowing” how much of the chemical foam is being used
