Firefighter Cancer
The cancer resource page features news, information, videos, podcasts and feature articles about this massive health issue facing the fire service.
Forward-thinking leaders must champion engineered approaches that reduce risks and build healthier fire service careers
Researchers found higher cancer mortality overall, with prostate and colorectal risks rising with tenure and lung cancer emerging only after 30 years of follow-up
Partnering with Lucid Diagnostics, Allentown covered EsoGuard testing under department insurance and screened 117 firefighters
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
Chief Trauernicht is looking for “firefighters brave enough to be champions of the cause”
The Rehnke Decon Kit is designed to completely detoxify contaminated gear
The Fayette Volunteer Fire Department and the Concerned Citizens of Burlington organized the community event to show support and raise funds
When the son of a Georgia firefighter was diagnosed with cancer, firefighters around the world began sending videos to lift his spirits
The NFORS Exposure Tracker can log work-related exposures and the data will help determine researchers how firefighter occupational cancer is contracted
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