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STUDY: YOUNGER FIREFIGHTERS GETTING MORE CANCER

 Rick Markley    February 6, 2021    No Comments

By Amy Gallagher, Oncology Times Since the increase of cancer diagnoses of firefighters of post 9/11, research studies have identified a “new generation of firefighters,” according to Vershalee Shukla, MD, a radiation oncologist at Vincere Cancer Center in Scottsdale, … [Read more...]

 Firefighter Cancer, News
 cancer, firefighter, study

FDNY HON CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT JACK LERCH PASSES AWAY

 Billy    December 20, 2019    No Comments

Chief Jack Lerch, 88, a long time friend and world recognized SME of the FDNY has passed away. Chief Lerch was a supporter and an integral part of the FDNY his entire life. For many years, he worked at the Mand Library at the FDNY Fire Academy, which houses historical documents, … [Read more...]

 APPARATUS/VEHICLE/HIGHWAY, MISCELLANEOUS, News, News Firefighter Close Calls
 FDNY, firefighter, jacklerch

LA. DEP. FIRE CHIEF KILLED WHILE WORKING AS UNDERCOVER COP

 Rick Markley    March 13, 2018    No Comments

The Advocate: A man who served as a Zachary Fire Department deputy chief and part-time Zachary police officer was killed Monday night outside the Walmart in Baker while helping in an undercover police operation when a truck containing the suspect drove over him and left the … [Read more...]

 News, Safety and Survival
 firefighter, off-duty death, police officer

KAN. FIRE CHIEF “DEVASTATED” BY FIREFIGHTER LODD

 Rick Markley    January 5, 2018    No Comments

By Deneysha Richard, WIBW:  Wamego Fire Department Chief Phil Stutlz remembers fellow firefighter John Randle as a “prankster”. “We might get ready to go to training and you would dirty socks at the toe of your boot or a crunched up water bottle or something like that. He … [Read more...]

 Behavior Health, News, Safety and Survival
 firefighter, John Randle, line of duty death

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