Now Cancer Has Something To Fear
Are you doing enough?
The Firefighter Cancer Consultants was established in late 2014. We have assisted Fire Departments throughout the US & Canada with establishing or enhancing their Firefighter Cancer Awareness, Prevention, and Support programs.
The Firefighter Cancer Consultants does not believe in cookie cutter presentations and solutions. There is not a “one size fits all” when it comes to firefighter cancer prevention.
We take the time and effort to learn how YOUR department functions on the fire scene and back at the firehouse. Through interviews, policy reviews, and station inspections we create a unique training and report specific to your Fire Department.
Committed to Improving
FireFighter Health and Safety
What we can do for you
We believe that the actions we take early on in our careers have the potential to positively or negatively impact our health in the future. The firefighter Cancer Consultants strive to help your members have long, healthy careers, as well as the opportunity to enjoy their retirement with their families.
The Firefighter Cancer Consultants work with your department to ensure the department is using the best practices available to reduce your members’ risk of being diagnosed throughout their lifetime with occupational cancer.
Our program can give your members a fighting chance to make it through their career cancer free, as well as assist your department reduce costs towards workers compensation claims, health care, life insurance, and line of duty payouts.
References and Testimonials
"Mr. Burneka instructed our personnel in Occupational Cancer Awareness on all three 24 hour shifts. These trainings are very important in helping our personnel understand their risks are increasing but there are ways to reduce the risk of exposure. This training also created buy-in on our department and helped change the culture towards a safer way of doing business. Our culture now is much more geared towards healthy living and safer working practices. Additionally, the Union and Fire Administration are working together towards this common goal. Together we were able to secure free skin exams from a local dermatologist group and stressed the importance of full physical exams. This initiative helped three of our members find cancers very early-on. All three are well today!
"I cannot stress enough how important it is to proactively change the culture of your fire department. I highly recommend Firefighter Cancer Consultants for fire departments that are serious about the safety and health of their personnel. Our hope is that when a Kettering firefighter retires, he or she will enjoy a long and happy retirement. The personalized Action Plan and training provided by FCC was invaluable in providing the tools necessary to make the essential changes to the Kettering Fire Department which will decrease the risk to our members from receiving an occupational cancer diagnosis."
Sincerely,
Mike Miller
Assistant Chief
"I highly recommend Jim Burneka and Firefighter Cancer Consultants to any department that is serious about the health of their employees now and into the future. Using the knowledge that was provided in the training sessions and Action Plan Report, employees of the Kettering Fire Department and my union brothers and sisters are better prepared to be healthier now and reduce their chances of contracting occupational cancer in the future while enjoying their hard earned retirements."
"In South Bend we realized that this subject required an approach that would signal to our rank and file members that this is important and special. This is not a regular monthly training on heat exhaustion or high-rise operations or any of the other trainings we routinely participate in. This training needed to be memorable and actionable and that is exactly the kind of program that the Firefighters Cancer Consultants provides."
"The diligence displayed in reviewing our policies, procedures, and actual living and working spaces made our presentations meaningful to our department. It was NOT a canned presentation! The icing on the cake was your interviews with personnel at all levels of our organization. You know where the players are and you talk to them, attempting to gain the real practices at our department."
"I highly recommend anyone to at least make contact and evaluate what the Firefighter Cancer Consultants bring to the table. Should you decide to enlist the assistance of the Firefighter Cancer Consultants, the product they will provide you will be priceless."
"It is apparent that you have extensively researched how cancer is impacting firefighters and their families. You bring a tremendous amount of credibility to your presentation from your extensive fire service experience and the passion you obviously have for reducing the cancer risk to firefighters."
"I am pleased with the excitement your presentation has generated and plan to address each recommended point by years end. I want to commend you on the work you have done to reduce firefighter exposure to cancer. I endorse your presentation and the comprehensive best practice approach to solving the real life issues of cancer in the fire service."
"I appreciate the work of the Firefighter Cancer Consultants; they are committed to improving firefighter health and safety and reducing the risk of exposure to occupational cancers."
"I was very impressed with the end product and as a result and as a result have instituted several changes within our organization. Many times the simplest precautions are over looked and the Firefighter Cancer Consultants were extremely thorough with their study."
"With Cancer being one of the leading causes in firefighter deaths, we reached out to The Firefighter Cancer Consultants to help us begin our journey in being proactive in cancer prevention/education. The Firefighter Cancer Consultants came in and trained our department on “best practices” for cancer awareness and prevention. Their extensive knowledge in this area, along with their ability to present this in a relatable manner, kept our members engaged and they had some great takeaways from each session. Since thier initial training we have developed a Cancer Task Force to continue working on cancer prevention and education."
