Beyond A Single Month – Bringing Awareness To Firefighter Occupational Cancer

In a recent blog post, I referenced how wearing dirty gear was once seen as a badge of honor. We would arrive on scene, complete our jobs, and return to the station perhaps only just hanging up our turnouts before being tapped out to the next call. Without a true understanding of the future implications of contamination from fires, it was a time where firefighters proceeded without caution.

Since the introduction of NFPA 1851 and related standards, procedures and mindsets have drastically shifted. We realized more of the line-of-duty’s correlation with high cancer rates and the urgent need for change.

As January comes to a close, so does Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month. For those that followed along, both within and outside the occupation, we learned about the risks of cancer among firefighters and the importance of taking steps to prevent it. While running the risk of aging myself, I’m proud to be part of an industry driven to protect and educate its communities for the past 30+ years. I’ve seen this need for change unfold, conversations reach the agendas of decision and policy makers, and the bar continue to rise for firefighter protection expectations.

Now, as we look ahead to February, March, April, and so on, we have an opportunity to keep the conversation alive. We’re surrounded by innovators who share the same mission, and it’s an exciting time to push the needle together.

Since Emergency Technical Decon 's genesis, we’ve taken pride in our work and stand behind our services. Motivated to protect those who protect our communities, our team of professionals takes state-of-the-art liquid CO2 cleaning technology and applies it toward decontamination from hazardous chemicals and substances absorbed in firefighter gear.

The new year has a lot in store, and I invite you to follow along with ETD’s journey as we push forward with partners and industry leaders in our continued mission to combat firefighter occupational cancer rates.

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Thanks for reading,

Mike

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