The National Firefighter Registry website is now active. Please take time to click the below to learn about it and how every firefighter-every firefighter - should be made aware of and participate in this important project. To better understand the link between on-the-job … [Read more...]
It is with deep regret and sadness that the Sacramento Fire Department announces the line of duty death of one of its own members. Firefighter Tamara Thacher passed away today, November 26th 2019, after battling occupational cancer. A member of the Sacramento City Fire … [Read more...]
Lieutenant Hayden died from complications of leukemia that is believed to have resulted from prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals. The exposure occurred as he served as an investigator following a fire at a chemical storage location. His diagnosis came less than four years after … [Read more...]
FDNY Member Cheered by ‘The Rock’ Dies
FDNY firefighter Matthew McDevitt, who was stricken by a rare cancer and encouraged by actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to keep fighting, died Tuesday at age 31. FDNY firefighter Matthew McDevitt, who was stricken by a rare cancer and encouraged by actor Dwayne “The Rock” … [Read more...]
The first time Amy Dant was diagnosed with cancer, she thought it was bad luck. The second time, she suspected something else: that the job she loved was making her sick. The now-43-year-old Baltimore resident has fought fires since she was 19, first as a volunteer and then as … [Read more...]
New Seattle Fire Station to Replace ‘Cancer House’
Concerns over unhealthy conditions and links to cancer at Seattle's Station 31 led to the decision to build a new firehouse at a different location in the same neighborhood. Concerns over unhealthy conditions and links to cancer at Seattle's Station 31 led to the decision to … [Read more...]
Firefighters ‘battling’ workman’s comp for cancer coverage, some dying while waiting
GOODYEAR, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)--Firefighters put their lives on the line every day for us. But experts say, it's actually cancer that's killing our first responders more often than fire. There are laws in place to help them. But some firefighters say getting that support is proving to … [Read more...]
The city is balking at a court order to provide a retired FDNY firefighter wasting away from a 9/11-related cancer with a full disability pension, believing the former smoke eater’s lethal illness is linked to excessive drinking, not his time at Ground Zero, the Daily News has … [Read more...]
The FDNY is inviting you to attend the Regional Firefighter Cancer Seminar in New York City offered by the First Responder Center for Excellence (FRCE) in partnership with the Firefighter Cancer Support Network (FCSN) and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Please use the … [Read more...]
A Western North Carolina firefighter who died after a battle with cancer died in the line of duty, according to a ruling by official agency looking into her death. The Asheville Fire Department announced today (Monday) the ruling by the North Carolina Industrial Commission that … [Read more...]