All, We want to pass on to you that there is a Firefighter & Fire Officer symposium coming up soon that will cost you $5.00 for both days and that includes free lunch. FIVE DOLLARS. FREE LUNCH. This fire service symposium's focus is on two specific issues: Firefighter … [Read more...]
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for Cabin John (Montgomery County, MD) Volunteer Retired Fire Chief James Seavey, Sr., who was also a retired Captain of the Washington, DC Fire Department. Jim was a current board member of the Int'l Association of Fire Chiefs Volunteer & … [Read more...]
It seems we hear this more and more-local government and related jurisdictions denying Firefighter cancer claims, even when courts and state law have found in favor of the Firefighter. Austin (Texas) Fire Department Lt. Carrie Stewart was diagnosed with cancer, the number one … [Read more...]
Check out the new video produced by IAFC SHS members at no cost... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uow_uMns6c&feature=youtu.be If you don't belong to IAFC and the Safety, Health & Survival Section (SHS) please consider joining-info below...let me know if you have any … [Read more...]
The Lavender Ribbon Report that highlights the Best Practices for Preventing Firefighter Cancer has been released. Please click the link below to view the entire report Lavendar-Ribbon-Report-Cancer … [Read more...]
By Jeremy Fox, Boston Globe: Everett firefighters are mourning the loss of a trailblazer. Susan Pipitone, the department’s first and only active-duty female firefighter, will be buried from an Everett funeral home Saturday, three days after she died from occupational … [Read more...]
We are regretfully pass on that FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Miuccio, 76, died Thursday of 9/11-related cancer. Chief Miuccio, who served with the department for 39 years, died after a two-year battle with lung cancer. Chief Robert Miuccio is pictured at the World Trade Center … [Read more...]
This is yet another example of understanding that your employer may not have your back...and another warning to look into your own protection at your own department. Warning: do not ever assume or presume you are covered. Understand also that your city or jurisdiction may fight … [Read more...]
Is Station 31 making Seattle firefighters sick? Study hopes to find answers about ‘Cancer House’
For years, firefighters at the Seattle Fire Department’s Station 31 have believed they were contracting cancer at an unusually high rate. A study by the Fred Hutchinson center will determine whether they are being diagnosed at higher rates than other Seattle firefighters. For … [Read more...]
By Larry Provost On Sunday, a day whose weather resembled that of a beautiful September morning in 2001, Retired Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) Captain John Vigiano, Sr. joined his two sons who were killed almost seventeen years ago in the radical Islamic … [Read more...]
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