Firefighter Cancer
The cancer resource page features news, information, videos, podcasts and feature articles about this massive health issue facing the fire service.
The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department will use AFG funding to purchase new firefighting gear
Access free assistance during the process for AFG grants concerning exhaust removal equipment.
A detailed look at what we know about female firefighters’ on-the-job experiences and health impacts
Lt. Edward Alston, 79, died of prostate cancer; he became the first African-American firefighter to serve with the Marine Unit
First Responder Center for Excellence and Firefighter Cancer Support Network were each given $25,000 at FDIC 2018
Grant Dalton’s wife recorded him stressing the importance of cancer prevention while he was undergoing chemo treatment
A recent body scan revealed that Glenn Preston, who was featured in “Boston’s Bravest: Facing a Hidden Killer,” is cancer-free after chemo and radiation
Thanks to firefighter Robby Brannon’s widow, his department now requires full body scans during yearly physicals and will receive decontamination cleaning products
SB 541 would have used a surcharge on insurance policies to fund benefits for firefighters presumed to have gotten cancer from their work
The 2018 revision of NFPA 1917 Standard focuses attention on the importance of firefighter hoods
Firefighters and police officers helped give a boy with cancer a hero’s welcome as he made his return to school
Battalion Chief David Lachenauer lost his nearly yearlong battle with cancer just 17 days into his retirement
Consider incorporating this diagnostic tool into firefighter physicals to support early diagnosis and intervention that can save lives
Eighteen-year FDNY veteran Keith Young made a culinary name for himself, winning several TV cooking challenges and writing his own cook book
Susan Farren is on a mission to teach responders how to be healthy by coaching through First Responder Resiliency Inc.
Thomas Phelan became a firefighter two years after he helped evacuate hundreds from Manhattan as a ferry captain
The University of Ottawa study suggests that the toxins still enter the body, despite the full turnout gear that firefighters use
“Boston’s Bravest: Facing A Hidden Killer” takes an in-depth look at why so many firefighters are succumbing to occupational cancer
Utica Fire Chief Russell Brooks said he has sought acknowledgement from the city that his chronic lymphocytic leukemia stems from his 9/11 response
Timothy Richardson hopes to wear a “different fire company’s shirt every day he is in the hospital” while he is treated for T-cell leukemia
Potential NFPA revisions propose more frequent cleaning of any firefighter gear worn at an active fire
Are you exposing yourself, your crew and even your family to carcinogens by the way you remove your firefighter gear?
Officials plan to award an additional $2.7 million after receiving hundreds of applications for equipment and improvements to prevent cancer
Officials said 15 percent of the female firefighters between 40 and 50 years old have been diagnosed with breast cancer
South Metro Fire Rescue firefighters will now treat every fire as a hazmat incident by going through extra steps to decontaminate
Retired Captain Jeanette Woldseth was described as a “groundbreaker” who “paved the way for so many women”
One bill could help cut down on firefighters’ exposure to carcinogens while another would help ease the financial burden for retired firefighters with cancer
Twenty-year Mission Fire Department veteran Homer Salinas was denied because a research study claims firefighters are only at risk of three types of cancer
A former assistant chief advocates for new open-grid lockers that promote airflow and better dry and store PPE
The Firefighter Cancer Initiative hopes to figure out exactly what about firefighting leads to a higher rate of cancer through studies and prevention protocols
Ronald Svec, 63, died at the hospital after a more than 9-year battle with lung and spine cancer
Chief Brian Fennessy is working to change the culture of the fire service, encouraging firefighters to take steps to better protect themselves
The Cancer Summit will discuss the science linking cancer and firefighting, as well as current research on the effects of firefighting exposures
