Episode 47 – Dr. Gavin Horn

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOn this episode of “The 25 Live”, Jim is joined by Dr. Gavin Horn who is a Research Engineer with the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI). Dr. Horn discusses his research surrounding exposure reduction on the Fire Scene and back at the Firehouse. UL Fire Safety Research Institute: https://ulfirefightersafety.org Illinois Fire Service …

Episode 4 – Lillian Carney: Discussion on the Carney Strong Initiative

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOn this episode of “The 25” Jim takes a deep dive into the Carney Strong initiative with Executive Director Lillian Carney.

Firefighter Wipes

I’ve preached in the past about using wet wipes while on scene of a fire.  It’s imperative that we try to get these different chemicals and carcinogens off of us as soon as possible.  The traditional baby wipe is better than nothing, however, there are several firefighter specific wet wipes now available that are worth looking into.  All of these …

Reducing the Post Fire Threat of Cancer Article

We all know that Firefighters are exposed to harmful chemicals and carcinogens while actively fighting a fire.  However, there are many things that we can do after the fire is out to reduce our exposure to these chemicals and carcinogens.  I wrote this article to describe the different steps that we can take post fire to reduce our exposure and …

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 …