Wash turnout gear after every fire.
Utilize saunas or hot showers to open pores to release toxins. Shower for 20 minutes with water as hot as you can stand.
Store Bunker gear outside of living quarters and keep out of cab of vehicles
Utilization of Preliminary Exposure Reduction bucket
Utilization of GOJO or baby wipes on skin to reduce amount of PHAS
Cancer caused 66 percent of the career firefighter line-of-duty deaths from 2002 to 2019, according to data from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). Heart disease caused 18 percent of career LODDs for the same period.
Cancer caused 70 percent of the line-of-duty deaths for career firefighters in 2016.
Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than the general U.S. population, according to research by the CDC/National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH).
testicular cancer – 2.02 times the risk (again: 100% = double = 2 times)
mesothelioma – 2.0 times greater risk
multiple myeloma -1.53 times greater risk
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – 1.51 times greater risk
skin cancer – 1.39 times greater risk
malignant melanoma – 1.31 times greater risk
brain cancer -1.31 times greater risk
prostate cancer – 1.28 times greater risk
colon cancer -1.21 times great risk
leukemia – 1.14 times greater risk