Shout!Podcast – the official health and wellbeing podcast from The Fire Fighters Charity – has been launched across all major podcast platforms this week. The Fire Fighters Charity’s first venture in the world of podcasting, Shout!Podcast explores the health and…
Chemicals in Air and Dust at Australian Fire Stations
Recently there has been an exponential increase in the number of studies focused on chemical exposure to firefighters. It has already been determined that firefighters have an increased risk of certain cancers and other health conditions. It is believed that…
Cancer – The current epidemic in the fire service
More firefighters have been diagnosed with cancer in the last two years, then in the previous 10 years combined, sadly, one in three firefighters will die of cancer. With a minimum of nine Group 1 carcinogens in all fire, the…