Cancer
Firefighters should assume carcinogens are present during suppression and overhaul activities and take appropriate actions during and after the incident
Fire scene conditions conspire to circumvent the skin’s ability to keep deadly toxins at bay
Research shows sitting is the new smoking and for EMS providers who sit a lot more movement is needed
St. Croix Paramedic Nowel Garcia, 42, had served with his agency since 2002 and battled colon cancer for about three years
Volusia County EMS IAEP Local 77 showed the pink shirts EMS providers will be wearing during Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mansfield Firefighter-Paramedic Michael McLaughlin, 39, died Saturday after a long battle with the disease
Capt. R.A. Furiosi of the William Walker Hose Company died from cancer, and was honored by local first responders
Emilee Derrer, whose father is a fire captain and whose mother is an EMT, received a ‘Pink Heals’ surprise celebration at her home
Fellow firefighters shaved their head in solidarity with Firefighter-Paramedic Michelle Aprati while also raising money to help with her medical expenses
Monroe County (N.Y.) EMT Ron Norton died on Feb. 2 after being diagnosed with cancer in 2017
First responders fundraised for EMT and Nurse Sharon Hartwell so she could fulfill her dreams of traveling
The pink shirts became the EMS staff’s official uniform during October to promote breast cancer awareness
Firefighter-EMT Tamara Thacher died Tuesday after serving 31 years with the Sacramento Fire Department
Scott DeVault, an EMT at Medix Ambulance Services, wanted to relieve his friend and fellow EMT Bob Gillman of the financial stress after his cancer diagnosis
Luis Alvarez assumed the spotlight to push Congress into action to aid first responders who developed life-threatening diseases from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
Detective Luis Alvarez was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2016, which he traced to the three months spent in the rubble of the World Trade Center’s twin towers after the 2001 terrorist attacks
The Fayette Volunteer Fire Department and the Concerned Citizens of Burlington organized the community event to show support and raise funds
Milwaukee Fire Department Lt. Odell Minor died after serving 24 years as a paramedic
Jon Stewart said it was “nonsense” that first responders and their families again have to “beg” Congress for money nearly 18 years after the attacks
William Paine contracted throat cancer after on-the-job asbestos exposure and has communicated through a prosthesis for over 15 years
Firefighter-paramedic Rex Allred had surgery to remove a brain tumor, but doctors were unable to remove parts of it
Joshua Comeau, 41, died after battling an aggressive form of cancer that he was diagnosed with in 2014
Joseph Rodriguez, 59, died of lung cancer he contracted from the hours he spent assisting in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero
B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics showed support for their colleague, Sharon Unger, by doing something to “make her laugh”
Brookfield Fire Department Lt. Brian Kachaylo, who was also a STAT MedEvac flight paramedic, died of colon cancer
FDNY EMT Felipe Torre , 54, succumbed to Ground Zero-related gall bladder cancer while under hospice care
Firefighter-EMT Vicki Kalmar was diagnosed with a fast-progressing form of Stage 3 cervical cancer in May and is currently undergoing her first rounds of treatment
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, EMTs and paramedics will be decked out in shirts that read, “Hope, Strength, Cure, Faith, Courage”
Thirty-year EMS veteran Dan Neil, 47, is remembered as a caring, selfless and sarcastic person who lived a life of service
Morgan County Ambulance staff members recorded themselves as they had their heads shaved in support of veteran EMT Brenda Dalton, who is battling breast cancer
Oncology nurse Tracey Hoffman found a pilot through Facebook to volunteer to give prostate cancer patient Joe Booth his first flight
Cody Carpenter, who cared for Tanner Haurez after he was diagnosed with leukemia five years ago, had his head shaved by the boy to raise money
Consider incorporating this diagnostic tool into firefighter physicals to support early diagnosis and intervention that can save lives
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