Firefighter Cancer Items from FDIC 2016

Once again I made the annual trip west on Thursday to the largest Firefighter Convention in the world…FDIC.  I spent multiple year’s here doing the grind of working the booth.  At this point I’m happy to say that my times working any booth are very rare.  My agenda is actually very simple this year.  The plan was to go to …

FIRE GEAR NOT PERMITTED

Within this last decade the fire service has finally started to accept that occupational cancer is the largest threat we face.  Firefighters from across the nation are practicing the necessary steps needed to reduce their risk of receiving a cancer diagnosis.  One of the keys to reducing that risk, is limiting our exposure to carcinogens.  Studies have shown that our …