It only gets worse. More than 5,400 Ground Zero Firefighters, EMT's, Police Officers and others near the fallen Twin Towers have come down with 9/11-linked cancers, a grim tally that has tripled in the past 2¹/₂ years. As of June 30, 5,441 people enrolled in the WTC Health … [Read more...]
Firehouse attended the 2016 Cardiovascular and Chemical Exposure Project at the Illinois Fire Service Institute June 27 and 28. We talked with researchers and participants about the importance of this research and what their goals are in understanding the impact of fire training … [Read more...]
Firefighters trained to save lives are struggling to save their own as concern grows over elevated cancer risk and mortality rates. In late June, San Antonio lost its second firefighter to cancer in 2016. Todd “Woody” Woodcock was 43-years-old when he lost his battle to … [Read more...]