Governor Kelly has proclaimed the month of January “Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month” in Kansas.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Kansas State Firefighters Association, the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Firefighters, and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network are all partnering to deliver targeted education about best practices and resources to prevent and reduce cancer among fire fighters during Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month in January.
The month-long campaign includes safety stand downs, training briefs and a focus on prevention and mitigation, including the scope of the cancer in the fire service, best practices for prevention and skills to help survivors of occupational cancer.
Online resources will be available, such as daily training information and infographics that promote the program and underline the importance of the issue on social media, as well as podcasts addressing the important issues of prevention and documentation of exposures to carcinogens.
For more information on the firefighter cancer awareness campaign, stand downs and prevention training visit https://www.iaff.org/cancer-awareness-month/.
