FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Shocking spike in firefighter mortality rates from cancer Lorna King May 22, 2023 As a recent report found significant overall excess cancer mortality among Scottish firefighters, alongside…
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FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing To catch a killer: The defining issue of a generation Andrew Lynch May 22, 2023 Editor Andrew Ledgerton-Lynch identifies the most important, generation-defining issue that today's Fire and Rescue…
Health and WellbeingNews Firefighters’ union to expand fire contaminants and disease work Fire Editor May 18, 2022 The union also voted to expand the research to take into account research studies and reports suggesting that per-…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Fire and rescue services can help to save lives with new contaminants training Matt Wrack May 17, 2023 FBU General Secretary Matt Wrack reports on the union's new DECON campaign, aiming to protect firefighters from…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing The physiological, immunological and contaminant monitoring of firefighters and… Lorna King May 17, 2023 Health and Fitness Correspondent Lorna King speaks to Dr Alan Richardson and Dr Emily Watkins about the key…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Tackling the toxic threat Lorna King May 18, 2023 In the second part of FIRE's review of the findings of the UCLan report on contaminants, commissioned by the FBU,…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Toxicity threat for UK firefighters February 2021 Lorna King Mar 30, 2023 FIRE's Health and Fitness Correspondent Lorna King reports on the UCLan report on contaminants, commissioned by the…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Tackling the toxic threat Lorna King Mar 12, 2021 In the second part of FIRE's review of the findings of the UCLan report on contaminants, commissioned by the FBU,…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing Toxicity threat for UK firefighters Fire Editor Feb 11, 2021 FIRE's Health and Fitness Correspondent Lorna King reports on the UCLan report on contaminants, commissioned by the…
FeaturesFire Protection EquipmentHealth and WellbeingProducts Winning the fight against contaminants Roger Startin Mar 30, 2023 There is mounting evidence that firefighters are more at risk of developing cancer as a result of their occupation.…
FeaturesFire Prevention & ProtectionHealth and WellbeingProfessional Development “Get on with it”: Grenfell response at the Fire Sector Summit Fire Editor Mar 30, 2023 FIRE reports from the Fire Protection Association's Fire Sector Summit, held on November 5 at the Institution of…
FeaturesHealth and Wellbeing New protection technologies for firefighters helps combat risks of heat stress and… Fire Editor Mar 30, 2023 DuPont reports on the major threats to the modern firefighter and the next-generation technologies becoming…